How Companies Simulate Leather Fabrics

Countries like the United States, Mexico, India, Pakistan, and Canada, these are the majorities, where most of the modern leather jackets are fabricated in. Manufacturers use hides that are left over of the meat industry. Simulating leather fabrics such as PVC, polyurethane, these are used as an alternative choice to authentic leather depending on the demands of the consumers. Those who pursue vegan lifestyles are much interested in these non-authentics. Also for economic purposes, it seems synthetic fibers can be less expensive than genuine leather.

Most commonly used hides are Antelope, buckskin, lambskin, sheepskin, and cowhide that are used to produce leather jackets. First, the skin is separated from the animal at the meat processing factory. Then it is salted, or packed in barrels of brine and refrigerated. Then they are sent to the tannery where the skins experience a series of processes engineered to protect, preserve and make the hides soft. Stitching materials such as thread, lining, seam tape, zippers, buttons, and snaps, these are usually bought from outside businesspeople and garment factory store them. Nowadays, kangaroo leather is becoming popular for its suppleness, lightweight, and strength compared to cowhide.

There is a sturdy difference between leather jackets which are made to serve fashion purposes and those made for protection. Leather jackets are safety gear which is designed for protection. They are heavier and thicker in nature. Even sometimes come equipped with armor. Thus they are a piece of practical clothing despite the popular cultural symbolism entrusted to them. A leather jacket which is primarily designed for fashion would not provide much safety in a motorcycle accident scenario, because of the jacket’s flimsy foundation. Motorcycle jackets often have a combination of more substantial zips, higher collars, weatherproof pockets, closures. They are styled to be longer at the back than the front so that the rider’s kidneys can be protected from the cold while the rider leans ahead over the motorcycle.

Many modern types of leather have armor on the core at major areas such as shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, and also the back where the impact of a collision happens the most. For the protectors, these are the European Standards, EN 1621-1:2007 plus EN 1621-2:2003. The force absorbers and weight spreaders — built from high-density foam, carbon fiber, and foam backed hard polymers, titanium, and other materials. They are engineered to prevent or lower the injury by dispersing and dampening the impact and immense forces to the wearer. It is ordered as a law that in Europe, armors have to have a CE certification mark. Some motorcycle jackets have introduced the use of an airbag system, which in any case of an accident deploys, inflating to shield the rider’s neck, lower back, and torso.