VML, The Organoid Company, and Lab-Grown Leather Ltd claim to be producing luxury fashion accessories using lab-grown “T. rex leather” made from fossilized collagen. The product is marketed as a sustainable, cruelty-free alternative to traditional leather. However, palaeontologists strongly dispute the claim, citing the lack of dinosaur DNA and preserved skin tissue. Experts argue that without authentic samples, the collagen is too generic to replicate actual T. rex skin, rendering the concept more fantasy branding than scientific innovation.
