Well I never, "alcantara" linings...

[Kathleen37]

You know, I always thought the "alcantara" linings of the MC line, were suede. It wasn't till I was just looking on the LV UK website (having a peek at the Rift, actually) when I noticed it stated "microfibre lining" rather than the usual "alcantara" lining.

Having done a quick google, it appears that "alcantara" is in fact, "faux suede".

I'm quite ticked off about this, as I remember having a discussion with several SA's in regard to alcantara, when the MC first came out, and they were adamant, alcantara was real suede.

Anyone else realise it was faux?

Thanks

K

 

[edsbgrl]

No, I didn't. Thanks for the input. I guess they just wanted to call "faux" a fancy name.

 

[supersaucy]

Lol, just another way for them to cut costs. I guess that's why they're cheaper than bottega ..

 

[ayla]

Oh.. I've always known it was synthetic suede ? Ever since the first monogrammed bags (recital, croissant) came out with the alcantra lining.. I believe that was around the same time as the introduction of the multicolore.

 

[Serendipity]

I posted that information in another thread when someone said theirs was dirty and couldn't clean it. The good part about alcantra linings is that it can be cleaned!

 

[peacocky]

it doesn't bother me any that it's faux. It's still soft and that's all that counts

 

[Kathleen37]

I wouldn't have thought twice about it, but those b's made such a big deal about it being suede in the shop, I'm just way more ticked off at being told a load of rubbish, than it being faux!...

Sorry, I did search re the cleaning, couldn't find anything. Any clue's on the post (or the cleaning?) :0)

Thanks!


K

 

[H_addict]

It doesn't bother me that it's faux. The real thing would have been ruined faster, IMO.

 

[jane]

It doesn't bother me either. It's soft, cleanable, and real suede would actually make the bag heavier.

 

[IntlSet]

I wouldn't have thought twice about it, but those b's made such a big deal about it being suede in the shop, I'm just way more ticked off at being told a load of rubbish, than it being faux!...



K

That would irk me, too!

 

[Kat]

I stated in another thread that I'm falling out of love with LV lately .... here's another disappointing finding ... bye, bye LV ....

 

[Tanja]

It's much easier to clean and it's not a cheap microfibre. Actually it's quite expensive. A lot of couches are made of this and they are in the same range as real leather couches and not many people I guess would buy a suede couch because it's almost impossible to live on and not getting it dirty.

 

[BagLovingMom]

Hmmm my SA just told me last week that it was ultrasuede, used b/c it's easily cleanable (word?)

 

[jewelbear]

Yes it's always been a man made material. I swear half the time the SA's are totally full of poop. 95% of the time I know more then they do. It really gets irritating when you have an important question and they don't have a clue.
As far as the alcantara it's really easy to clean with a little woolite so I really like it. V

 

[Raspberry]

I didn't know that it's synthetic material, and i would have gone on thinking it was some kind of fancy suede. Thanks .=)