Vegan leather
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Vegan Leather is a artificial alternative to traditional leather, this material may be chosen for ethical reasons or because as a designed material it may have properties designed into it that out-performs a natural material.
[edit] Materials
Many vegan materials can be used as leather alternatives. Some of these materials are:
- Vegetan - a microfiber material created specifically to act as a vegan leather
- Lorica - made from a combination of fine microfibers
- Birko-Flor™ - This is a proprietary material of Birkenstock. It 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.
- PVC
