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Imitation leather - PU PVC to make bag is not just easy-care and hard-wearing – it also looks good. Imitation leather is used for shoes, jackets, belts, sofa covers and car seats. Sports goods manufacturers wrap it round championship soccer balls and fashion designers wrap it round their models. Several billion square meters of imitation leather are produced worldwide every year. Now for the first time Bayer researchers have come up with a raw material that can be made into this highly popular animal skin substitute without the need for any solvent.
Here is an interview with designer Thomas Meyer zu Capellen, so that you can better understand the advantages of imitation leather.
What role does imitation leather play in the world of fashion?
What makes a fashion designer choose imitation leather - PU PVC to make bag for accessories or clothing?
It is a perfect material for designers, because you can do just about anything with it. It is far easier to work with than genuine leather, and nowadays it looks and feels so much like the real thing that it is hard to tell them apart. It is also extremely versatile. Imitation leather is now available in all conceivable colors and a wide range of thicknesses, making it suitable for everything from luxurious coats to flimsy lingerie. It is because of this tremendous potential that we in the fashion business prefer to talk of imitation leather rather than synthetic leather. It doesn’t sound so much like a cheap fake, more like an ideal companion.
Does the customer also benefit from the properties of imitation leather - PU PVC to make bag?
Of course. Imitation leather is extremely easy-care, it is not sensitive to grease and dirt and can even be washed in the washing machine. Despite all these advantages, imitation leather has so far not found its way into haute couture.
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