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Following the exhibition\u2019s 6-week run, the handbag will then go to auction and will be sold to the highest bidder, but though VML has shared that this is a collector\u2019s item, the company added that T-Rex leather will continue to be produced and will become commercially available to designers and brands.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n CEO of The Organoid Company, Thomas Mitchell, is just one of the brains behind the world\u2019s first dinosaur leather goods, sharing, \u201cThis project demonstrates how genome and protein engineering can create entirely new classes of biomaterials\u201d. At the same time, Global Chief Creative Officer, Innovation & CCO EMEA at VML also had the following to say:<\/p>\n \u201cThe stark reality is that lab-grown leather hasn\u2019t yet convinced the luxury world. Why? Because it feels like an imitation. We knew we had to do something radically different. Not a substitute, but something entirely new\u201d.<\/p>\n It\u2019s one of the most whacky tech projects in recent years and one that has us scratching our heads. What exactly is T-Rex leather, and what are the experts saying?<\/p>\n Caught out on a technicality <\/p>\n \n (Image credit: VML)<\/p>\n The concept of this lab-grown T-Rex leather has been subject to much debate and controversy since it was unveiled last year. Essentially, it\u2019s produced by sourcing fossilized T-Rex collagen sequences and using processes such as computational biology and AI modelling.<\/p>\n According to VML, this allows scientists \u201cto predict(ed) and reconstruct(ed) the remaining genetic information required to form a complete collagen blueprint\u201d, and from there, the DNA is placed into a carrier line cell, which is then cultivated using Lab-Grown Leather Ltd\u2019s Advanced Tissue Engineering Platform.<\/p>\n For the purposes of reducing deforestation and manufacturing pollution, it\u2019s quite revolutionary, but the debate regarding whether or not it can be classed as leather is still heavy. This is because the foundation of leather is skin, and researchers have only found T-Rex collagen in bone, as Live Science reported at the time of last year\u2019s announcement<\/a>. The publication also noted that academics in the field called the process of making lab-grown T-Rex leather ‘misleading’ and ‘fantasy’.<\/p>\n We’ve reached out to VML for a comment on the backlash, so we’ll update this story when we know more.<\/p>\n Follow TechRadar on Google News<\/a> and add us as a preferred source<\/a> to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button!<\/p>\n And of course, you can also follow TechRadar on YouTube <\/a>and TikTok<\/a> for news, reviews, unboxings in video form, and get regular updates from us on WhatsApp<\/a> too<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4fPMFXfHcjmE33sPqtGXWZ.jpg\")
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