Balenciaga Spring 26 Collection to Debut 3D weaving and Bioengineered Silk

Bioengineered silk steps into luxury For Spring 26, Balenciaga becomes the first fashion house to introduce AMSilk’s advanced bioengineered silk alternative in a commercial collection, developed with the Munich based biotech startup and now available in ready to wear.

The new material debuts in a fluid wrap shirt and shirtdress, designed to mirror the drape and sheen of traditional silk while offering enhanced elasticity and wrinkle resistance for everyday wear.​ According to Kering, the AMSilk fibre is fossil fuel free and derived from renewable sources, and its production uses about 97% less water and emits 81% less carbon dioxide than conventional silk manufacturing.

The fabric is certified Product Class I and microplastic free by the Hohenstein Textile Testing Institute, bacteriostatic by Microbial Testing Competence, and approved as vegan and cruelty free by The Vegan Society.​ How AMSilk’s “spider silk” textile is made The innovation behind AMSilk’s material lies in DNA editing and protein engineering that takes cues from spider silk.

Scientists use a spider genome as a blueprint to engineer microorganisms in a bioreactor, where they produce lab grown proteins that are then…