Leather Shoes: A Comprehensive Guide on Selecting the Best Leather

A good pair of leather shoes can be the perfect pairing to a fancy outfit or a classic pair of jeans. However, choosing the right pair of shoes is not always an easy process. From understanding animal hides and grains to deciphering between soles, there is a lot to analyze.
Here at Foot Fitter, we made your selection process a little easier with a guide on how to pick the best leather when you are out shoe shopping.
 
Consider your Leather.
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What is Suede Leather? Faux vs. Genuine: 8 Secrets Busted

As a fashion lover, a textile designer or an avid shopper, you’ve probably come across the term ‘suede’ in various shops or fashion magazines. But what is suede exactly, and why do we use it? In a nutshell, suede is a particular finish of leather (often referred to as suede leather). Rather than being a different variety of the material, Suede simply refers to the finish that gives the fabric a soft, fibrous effect.
1. How is Suede made?

Suede is the inner […]

Features of Recycled Leather

Regenerated leather has the characteristics of both genuine leather and PU leather, and is a very versatile leather fabric nowadays. Like genuine leather, regenerated leather has moisture absorption, breathability, good workmanship also has the same softness and elasticity of genuine leather, light texture, strong resistance to extreme high and low temperatures, wear-resistant. Its disadvantage is that its strength is worse than that of genuine leather of the same thickness, and of course, it is also worse than PU leather, […]

How to identify the quality of microfiber suede?

When buying microfiber suede, we have to judge effectively. So, what kind of products have advantages in quality? How do we judge its quality? This is a problem that WINIW microfiber wants to introduce to you today, the following we will introduce the identification method of product advantages and disadvantages.

Identification of microfiber suede look is mainly used to identify the type of leather and leather grain good or bad, observe the surface of genuine leather has more obvious pores […]

What is Recycled Leather?

Recycled leather is a widely used auxiliary material in leather goods, such as leather goods, shoes, furniture and other leather-related products.
As an intermediate layer, recycled leather replaces cardboard with its unparalleled texture, elasticity, toughness, moisture resistance and processing adaptability. As a fabric, recycled leather can show a variety of performance effects after embossing, printing, PU composite and other processes, widely used in leather goods, furniture, book covers and other production.

Leather Terminology

        1.Leathercare
The procedure of cleaning, caring and finishing leather products such as leather clothes, leather goods and leather shoes.
  2.Skin
The basic raw material of leather making, taken from the skin of various animals (mainly domestic animals), the skin that has not been or has been preserved before leather processing.
Note: common name: rawhide.
  3.Leather
After physical processing and chemical treatment process and made, has been denatured, not easy to decay, can be used for processing and making leather products of […]

Skill of Distinguishing True and False Microfiber Leather

Microfiber leather is the most advanced artificial leather technology at present. It is no different from natural leather in appearance and feel, and even exceeds natural leather in performance. However, its advantages are supported by its complex process and slightly higher price compared with other types of artificial leather.

Therefore, some imitated super fiber leather products have also flooded the market. How can we buy high-quality super fiber leather when we choose?
The following four points must be paid attention […]

Four Methods for Identification of Microfiber Leather

There are four main identification methods for microfiber leather. A brief introduction to its use is expected to help you in your future selection.

The first method to identify leather: Look. Look is mainly used to identify the type of leather and the quality of leather grain. Observe that there are obvious pores and patterns on the surface of leather. Although synthetic leather also imitates pores, it is not clear. In addition, the reverse side of synthetic leather has a […]

What Kind of Fabric is Microfiber Leather?

What kind of fabric is microfiber leather? The characteristics of microfiber leather, microfiber leather is a high-tech artificial leather fabric, which is made of island-type ultra-fine nylon fiber and high-grade polyurethane resin, and is refined with a number of high-tech technologies. It is currently relatively popular in the world.

Microfiber leather has the advantages of tear resistance, abrasion resistance, tensile strength, etc., and surpasses genuine leather. At the same time, it is also cold-resistant, acid-resistant, and colorfast; it is light […]

Difference Between Fixed Island Microfiber and Non fixed Island Microfiber

The difference between the fixed Island microfiber and the indefinite Island microfiber. At present, most of the fixed island or indefinite Island microfibers in China are aimed at the suede microfiber. The suede microfiber is different from the veneer microfiber. It is made of pure microfiber into the base cloth and then made by softening, dyeing and polishing. Therefore, the different processes for producing microfiber have a decisive impact on its performance.
Generally speaking, fixed Island microfibers have more stable […]