Is possible to produce faux leather that is better than animal one without any qualitative compromise? There is an actual producer of such material?
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How do you define “better”?
Plastic is inherently waterproof, but not very warm.
Cotton is very warm but terrible in wet weather.
Wool is very warm and good in weather but won’t keep you dry if soaked.
Plastic can rip and tear easier than leather, so thicker, stronger plastics like vinyl would be better.
A variety of plastics and composites can approximate the look, feel, waterproofing, and warmth of leather and the most common brand is called “pleather”.
I’ve also heard of artificial leathers made of things like pellicles (protein rich membranes produced in this case by various fungi and bacteria) which are both totally natural and have many of the same physical qualities of leather but are harder to source and also have the stigma of “Hey nice jacket, is that leather?” “No! It’s a protein matrix excreted by anaerobic bacteria and fungi!”
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