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RE: Why i am growing a sustainable alternative to leather in my closet
While I can't speak for your alternative leather for end product, I am sorry to say that I (unlike some of the other commentors here) enjoy eating my meat and would rather the skin of the animal still be in use over going to waste. As well, most fake leathers that I have seen just are... they aren't like real leather. I mean depending on ones disposition surrounding the subject, I personally would probably opt in for real leather unless the quality was really really good.
I enjoy meat as well, don't get me wrong :) And i love a quality leather product, it's an amazing material, i own both gloves, jackets and bags made from it. I even work with it on a hobby plan, and it is a really nice material. And i agree, fake leather sucks, and i would rather not use it at all, than to use artificial leather.
I just see some issues in the production of some leather products, namely those who have been chrome tanned, which i would like to adress, nothing more. I don't think anything will ever beat high quality vegetable tanned leather, which has an awesome smell, and ages beautifully, but i am not really trying to do that :)
In the end, i'm just toying the idea of bringing textile production back home, sorta like we saw with 3d printing. In any case, it is pretty fun to experiment with