Bag material pedia – Brief introduction for all the bag materials

This blog will briefly introduce all the bag materials. For more details, you can click the link along with the material name. We will start with the material catalogs and divide. The materials are also applicable to cosmetic bags, makeup bags, jewelry bags and boxes, perfume bags, glass bags and boxes… Any kind of bag related to textiles.

Woven fabrics

Woven fabrics including Canvas, Denim, Linen, Satin, Wool, Velvet, Twill, Flannel, Tweed, and Crepe, Can be made with natural material, synthetic material, and a hybrid of both. Most of the bags use woven fabrics for lining.

Natural woven fabric materials

The representative natural woven fabric bag materials are cotton, besides that, we also have Linen, Wool, Silk, Hemp, Jute, Bamboo fiber, Banana fiber, Pineapple Fiber, and Tencel. Those natural materials have good stability, wrinkle resistance, ease of care, safety, and biodegradability in common.

Synthetic woven fabric materials

Basically, all the synthetic woven fabrics are made with Polyester ou Nylon. They can be made into almost anything that natural material can, with much lower costs. The downside is they are avoided by environmental people, less durable, suffer from high temperatures, and might wrinkled.

There is also Microfiber, which is a material for protecting items that would be easily scratched. Most seem in Jewelry boxes, watch boxes and glass boxes.

Hybrid woven fabrics

The hybrid woven fabrics are generally a mix of cotton with Polyester, Nylon, Polyamide, and Polypropylene. The hybrid fabric is usually for achieving some delicate functions instead of making a bag, and they are releasing mass quantities of microplastics, so we will not further discuss this.

Leather

Leather bags are often considered luxurious, including two main catalogs: genuine leather and faux leather(or vegan leather).

Genuine Leather

Genuine leather, also called real leather. Is an animal leather that contains from animals, and while it has the best performance in every aspect, the process of gaining genuine leather is often considered cruel.

Faux Leather(Vegan Leather)

Faux leather, Artificia leather, or Vegan leather is a more ideal material for bags, as the bags don’t need the extreme performance of genuine leather, the famous luxury brands are also using faux leather for their bags. Despite having less performance in every aspect comparing Genuine Leather, Vegan leather can be custom-made with desired gains and generally at a more friendly cost. In this catalog, we have two specific types of vegan leather: synthetic leather and plant-based leather.

Synthetic Leather

The synthetic leathers is typically made with unrenewable materials, they offer affordable costs and good performance. Synthetic leather has PU leather, PVC leather, PVB leather, and some more sustainable alternatives of recycled PU leather, and recycled PVB leather.

Plant-Based Leather

Plant-based leathers are a new player that is more sustainable and luxurious. Plant-based leathers are like wildflowers in spring, they bloom, there are so many Plant-Based Leather you can name: Piñatex, Cork, Apple, Mushroom, MuSkin, Cactus, Grape, Coconut, Banana, Corn, Mango, Kombucha, Teak leaf, Coffee, Eucalyptus, Mulberry tree bark, Olive leaf, Lotus flower, Palm leaf, Rice husk, Seaweed… Each one of them has its character waiting for you to find out.