How to tell difference between patent leather...

[Wuxiapian]

... and patent PVC?

Or is all patent leather?

Please excuse my ignorance, fashionistas!

[missmelly]

or pleather as we call it

[RinkyDinkyPinky]

PVC tends to have a "stickiness". especially if you warm the material in your hand or if you rub 2 bits together. Leather feels cooler in camparrison.

Also I would expect some natural wrinkles or faults in leather whereas PVC seems more even.

And biggest difference is in wearing, PVC dosen't breathe.

and a drop of water on PVC will stand off in a sphere whereas with leather it is more of a smartie shape

HTH!

[thisisyesterday]

you ought to still be able to smell the leather.

what is it on? the other side of it should look ike leather too surely?

[RinkyDinkyPinky]

ooh yes the smell is important.

Bought a nice semi- designer bag and burried my nose in it when it arrived. Lovely