Faux Vs. Real Leather Leggings: What Are The Differences And Which One Are The Best?

Leather is one of the most difficult fabrics to differentiate. This is because we can't directly see if leathers we encounter are real or fake, or "faux", as we refer to in this article. After all, leathers can look pretty much the same regardless of the apparels' colors and sizes.

The same thing also applies for leggings. In this article, not only that we guide you to differentiate between faux and real leather leggings. We will also give you recommendation on which one among those leather-based leggings are the best for you.

The first and the easiest step you can do to differentiate between the two is to look at the leggings' brand descriptions. Real leather-based leggings will clearly state that the leggings' fabrics are made from leathers. So, if the brand descriptions said something like "synthetic" or "polyester", those are the indicators of faux leather-based leggings.

Since real leather-based leggings are made from leathers, which are always from animals' skins, we can feel the rough textures when you touch and move your hands around the leggings. Even though each leather-based leggings have different rough percentages, you can still feel the rough textures at some extents.

The facts that real leather leggings are made from animals' skins make you should be able to see the pores around the leggings, even though the pores may be small in sizes. Not stopping there, real leather-based leggings will feel warm to your skins even though you're wearing tight leggings.

Those being said, the faux leather-based leggings are not as "furry" as the real leather-based leggings. Instead, when you touch the faux-leather based leggings to feel the texture, you'll feel that the faux leather-based leggings are plastic-like in terms of the textures.

Unlike real leather-based leggings, you won't be able to see any pores around the leggings that are made from faux leathers. Since faux leathers are not based on animals' skins, your skins won't feel warm when you wear faux leather-based leggings.

Also, even though all leggings tend to be tighter than jeans or pants, you will be able to stretch real leather-based leggings. On the other hand, if you're dealing with or wearing pairs of leggings that are made from faux leathers, you won't be able to stretch them.

Another difference between the two that may not be evident but can still be the indicator is the price. Leggings that are made from faux leathers tend to be cheaper than the more exotic-looking real leather-based leggings, making them best choices for your budgets.

Apart from the price, you may also want to consider the impacts on the environments. For example, if you're a vegan, you'd want to consider the faux leather leggings instead of the real ones.