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Why Peccary Leather Is Good?

The luxurious leather are from Peccary Leather, is the best and soft leather you can find. You can find the Peccary Leather in Perú, is very expensive, but is very demanded for luxury gloves. Not only gloves: Can not only make gloves, but you can also make bags, accessories, etc. You can find some types of leather, like: COWHIDE LEATHER: some lower priced gloves are made from cowhide leather, ideal for working gloves. Nubuck the top grain cowhide leather is used for some casual styles of glove. Nubuck is sanded or buffed on the grain side, producing a velvet-like surface. It lacks the suppleness and appearance of Hairsheep leather but is resistant to wear. HAIR SHEEP LEATHER: a superior leather...

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Peccary Leather From Peru

Peccary Leather is original from Perú. The word peccary is derived from the Carib word pakira or paquira. In Portuguese, a peccary is called pecari, porco-do-mato, queixada, or tajaçu, among other names; in Spanish, "javelina", jabalí, sajino, or pecarí; in French Guiana and Suriname, pakira. A peccary is a medium-sized animal, with a strong resemblance to a pig. Like a pig, it has a snout ending in a cartilaginous disc, and eyes that are small relative to its head. Also like a pig, it uses only the middle two digits for walking, although, unlike pigs, the other toes may be altogether absent. Its stomach is not ruminating, although it has three chambers, and is more complex than those of pigs....

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What Is Peccary Leather?

The refrain says that "beauty is skin deep" and this comes definitely for peccary leather. Under the tough image we have of this wild creature, is hidden a soft and beautiful skin, considered as a luxury since 13th century. Peccary leather has been used mostly in the glove industry and is super high class leather, but it is used also in manufacturing other fashion items such as garments, belts and bags. Comparing to cowhide, peccary leather is more expensive but you can see and feel the difference.

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Care And Fit: Keep Your Leather Gloves For A Long Life

Leather is a remarkable natural material with protecting and insulating properties. But different leather suit different types of gloves. From weather to the size itself, it has to be threatened carefully to maintain and endure its original appearance. 1) Dry your gloves at room temperature, avoid open flames, heaters, tumble- driers and ovens The gloving leather is drum dyed for a delightful color depth but the lack of a sprayed color finish implies that it is also sensitive to humidity or rain. If your gloves do become wet there are some possibilities that dark stains may appear, especially for brighter colors. Hair sheep is the most sensitive, while peccary, deer and elk tolerate it better. We simply recommend you to...

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Gloves Fashion Trends 2015-2016

The fashion website Fashionisers.com made a fall/winter 2015-2016 catwalks review on accessories. The verdict comes as follows: Let's get elbow length gloves These elbow length gloves look really sophisticated. Many celebrities used them in the red carpet and in fashion weeks. Best brands: Dries Van Noten, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Elie Saab and Prada. Furry styles Suede comes with hairy appliques by Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Matthew Williamson and Fendi. Reptile skins Not only in belts and bags, also in gloves. Reptile skins are in. Their special prints, textures and futuristic designs make them objets of desire. Some of them look like fake leathers, too. Who made them? Haider Ackermann, Marni and Balenciaga. Want them? Source: Catwalkreport, Fashionisers

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