Loewe Leather Turning Blue When Wet ....?
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The white leather areas of my tricolour puzzle turn a bluish colour when wet, which disappears completely when it dries. I'm afraid don't know the reason, but also interested if anyone has the answer! Just to share my experience that I've also witnessed it!
I am glad someone else has the same story. I am not worried as much as curious. If you think about it, full grain leather became darker as it absorbed water. We know most things looks darker when wet.
What made me curious is that this leather is very "spongey". It feels lush and thick but very light. Which is very unusual. Usually they are solid and heavy.
So now I am thinking the suede back of this leather is mere lining. So that the suede is not actually the back of a one piece full grain leather. It is merely attached to it. So the actual front / out facing leather is much thinner. That is to say that there are two pieces of leather attached to make it look like it is full grain.
I remember someone commenting on my bag saying they were not sure it was leather when they first saw it. But then they felt the suede lining and of course the brain goes "ah leather".
Loewe described it as leather. So I don't think legally they can get away with lying about that. But what does "leather" constitute? Legally speaking?
As a house of mainly leather, they are known for their top quality leather and that is what defined their products and what made them hard to fake so far. But we all know that since Loewe became popular around 2018, LVMH who seemed to have left the brand alone up to then, has gotten greedy and started making changes to maximise their shareholders' profits.
It is not reconstituted leather in the traditional sense where pieces of leather are mushed together with glue or something like it and then formed into sheets of "leather". Those are nasty and you can feel it straight away.
This is something different.
The front or out facing surface of the leather may be coated and coloured brown in my case, white in your case. The brown in mine is not part of a tanning process, but a colouring process. Just as your white is.
The question then is:
WHAT IS UNDERNEATH.....??
What will come out blue when wet....?
An already blue material?
What leather, or which part of a full grain leather, appears blue....?
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Why would I want to cut a bag that I paid several thousand dollars for?
I have not had this experience with my off white (kind of like craie nata, pebbled leather ) Loewe mini puzzle
(the orginal one). It doesn’t sound good. Mine wears like iron and still looks new. I use it as a travel bag
and I do not baby it.
(the orginal one). It doesn’t sound good. Mine wears like iron and still looks new. I use it as a travel bag
and I do not baby it.
To satisfy the curiosity and that’s the only way I could think of. Or maybe write to Loewe and ask? Which is the bag you’re referring to?
I am not that curious. That is why I asked the question here, in this forum. Instead of destroying my bag.
All I know is that NATURAL LEATHER do not behave this way.
Anyone knows what Loewe calls this particular leather range?
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