Vegan leather

Vegan leather

Vegan Leather is an artificial alternative to traditional leather. It may be chosen for ethical reasons or as a designed material which may have properties superior to a natural material.

Materials

Many vegan materials can be used as leather alternatives. Some of these materials are:
*Vegetan - a shop-owned trade name for one grade of microfibre
*Lorica - a wide range of Japanese microfibres including gloss-faced ones, dyed and softened in Italy.
*Birko-Flor - this proprietary material of Birkenstock is made of acrylic and polyamide felt fibres; a variation is made to replicate patent leather
*Birkibuc - another proprietary material of Birkenstock, made of the same materials, but designed to replicate the look and feel of nubuck leather
*Vinyl also known as PVC
*Kydex - an acrylic-PVC alloy produced by Kleerdex
*Cork Leather - a natural, renewable, and sustainable material made from the bark of Cork Oak trees.

External links

* [http://www.veganline.com/why.htm Veganline.com's guide to why use a vegan alternative]
* [http://www.alternet.org/story/19913/ Alternet's guide to vegan materials]


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