{"id":18455,"date":"2014-03-24T14:18:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T08:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leatherfads.com\/blog\/?p=18455"},"modified":"2014-03-24T14:18:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T08:48:08","slug":"tips-to-choose-the-right-leather-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leatherfads.com\/blog\/tips-to-choose-the-right-leather-material.aspx","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Choose the Right Leather Material"},"content":{"rendered":"Article illustrates what are the different types of leather; it also gives pointers to help the reader distinguish while choosing them.<\/b>\r\n\r\nLeather has been part and parcel of our wardrobe since the stone ages, when cave men hunted animals and extracted their skins to make necessary clothing. The evolution of it as a fashionable apparel is relatively recent, there are many varieties of it today sourced from the skin of different animals. Today\u2019s article elaborates its different types as well as gives helpful pointers to keep in mind when choosing a good hide.\r\n\r\nMade from the skin of different animals modern day leather is sourced mainly from cattle, goat, sheep and pigskin. Though it is available in many different forms it can put in three broad categories i.e. Aniline, Semi aniline and Pigmented.\r\n\r\nAniline <\/b>is considered the most natural looking amongst the three due to its natural visible surface. Prepared by treating the hide with specific soluble dyes the resulting product retains original color as well as the \u2018grain\u2019 in its purest form. A lot of importance is given to the \u2018dyes\u2019 whose treatment is used hence its can be referred to as full aniline or fully sauvage to differentiate between dye treatments and variants.\r\n\r\nTips to identify it<\/b>\r\n