# Who wants to know about suede/Alcantara?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [February 27, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-know-about-suede-alcantara/44115 "2008-02-27T14:19:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-know-about-suede-alcantara/44115/3 "2008-02-27T15:47:01Z")

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> [@Cavi Mike](#):
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> I think the most important fact that everyone should know about Alcantara is that it’s not really suede, it’s synthetic. Strange how few people actually know that.

Good point. It was designed by an italian chemical engineer, and a chinese (it think) engineer to be able to withstand sun fade and wear.

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