Sunday, March 14, 2010

Hi there, I'm looking for a word for a material?

What is the name of this material which is a kind of leather, it's shiny and it's most used for shoes and bags?

Hi there, I'm looking for a word for a material?
Patent leather is commonly used for fashionable dress shoes and bags. It looks hard, shiny, and sometimes plastic-like, however it is real leather coated with a glossy finish of various chemicals through the years, from linseed oil to varnish to clear plastic, using a process invented back in the early nineteenth century.
Reply:patent leather.
Reply:plastic-y leather = pleather
Reply:pleather i think. maybe vinyl.
Reply:Patent leather is leather that has been given a high gloss, shiny finish.
Reply:plastic...lol
Reply:maybe its a patent leather,its a leather with a glossy impermeable finish produced by successive coats of drying oils, varnish, or synthetic resins...
Reply:People refer to Vinyl as a Faux or fake leather, is that the material you are thinking of?



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