t’s a project so important that it took three companies to pull it off. VML, The Organoid Company, and Lab-Grown Leather Ltd. have teamed up to make the world’s first T-Rex leather handbag using lab-grown material. They start with collagen, a protein from 80-million-year-old T-Rex fossils, as a guide. The Organoid Company creates synthetic DNA from this collagen, which Lab-Grown Leather uses to grow leather-like tissue in a lab without animals or harmful chemicals. The process doesn’t try to recreate real T-Rex skin but instead builds a new material inspired by ancient protein structures.
This “T-Rex leather” is cruelty-free, eco-friendly, and mimics the strength and feel of real leather. The handbag, set to launch later this year, will be a luxury item with a high price tag, which is no surprise since it’s a dinosaur accessory. It’s the first time anyone has made leather inspired by an extinct species, blending old dinosaur biology with new technology for sustainable fashion.