Artificial leather
（重定向自Imitation leather）
![Steps to make synthetic PU leather: 1 = cotton fabric, 2 = coagulation (wet process) onto fabric with aromatic polyurethane in DMF, 3 + 4 = transfer of coating + finish with solvent-borne or water-borne polyurethane formulation](/Images/godic/202502/08/Synthetic_PU_leather_HC12646.jpg")
![Artificial leather cover for mobile phones.](/Images/godic/202502/08/DOLCE_SH851i2646.jpg")
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Artificial leather (Bicast leather) is a fabric or finish intended to substitute for leather in fields such as upholstery, clothing, and fabrics, and other uses where a leather-like finish is required but the actual material is cost-prohibitive, unsuitable, or unusable for ethical reasons.