Thanks for the heads up on the Gucci materials! 👍Unfortunately, though, now I have more on my list to hunt. 😂
And I completely agree on saffiano. To me, Prada is the only saffiano.
They actually look quite different. Saffiano has a cross hatch pattern whereas epi has a wavy horizontal pattern. They also feel different to me. But they are similar in that both are water resistant, provide more structure than glove / soft leather and come in beautiful bright colors. I'm planning to buy an LV epi bag for my knock around every day bag because of that beauty and durability.
The leathers are made very differently. I looked up the exact process for making LV Epi leather so I didn't go off memory. From a blog "Epi leather is tanned with plant extracts and then dyed. The dyeing process means the leather comes in many vivid colors and is very shiny. The curing process makes the bags water resistant." I didn't read anything about it having a wax (or other coating.)
Hope this helps. 😊👍
thank you for the explanation. that helped me.. now I need to see the epi leather in real life

