A handbag is promoted as the "world's first T. rex leather product." But scientists are questioning its authenticity.

Skip to main menu Skip to more DW sites Latest videos Latest audio Regions Africa Asia Europe Latin America Middle East North America Germany Topics Climate Equality Health Human Rights Migration Technology Categories Business Science Environment Culture Sports In focus Hantavirus Ukraine Iran Latest audio Latest videos Live TV Advertisement Lifestyle Global issues Lab-grown Tyrannosaurus leather: More chicken than dinosaur? Petra Lambeck 05/14/2026 May 14, 2026 A handbag is promoted as the world’s first T. The handbag marketed as made using T. rex fossil-derived collagen Image: Piroschka van de Wouw/REUTERS Advertisement In early April, the Artis Zoo Museum in Amsterdam unveiled a handbag alongside a massive dinosaur skeleton — one made of ‘lab-grown T.

rex leather.’ Polish fashion label Enfin Leve designed the bag as part of its line of experimental clothing. But it was the material, not the design, that drew the most attention. ‘It has a character unlike anything we’ve handled. Dense, primal, operating on its own logic,’ the label wrote on social media.

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  • Published: May 14, 2026 at 14:37 UTC
  • Category: World
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