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Vegan Leather is an artificial alternative to traditional leather, this material may be chosen for Ethical reasons or because as a designed material it 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 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

  • Kydex - An acrylic-PVC alloy produced by Kleerdex.



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