Suede Facts

The material high end cars sometimes use which is called Alcantara isn't actually natural suede but a synthetic material autoweek.com/car-life/diy…

Ricky Gervais used to be the band manager of Suede digitalspy.com/showbiz/a3…

Ultrasuede (a form of synthetic suede) is partly made from molasses toray.com/news/pdf/nr1801…

John Wayne once adviced Michael Caine never to wear suede shoes because someone could piss all over them. nymag.com/movies/features…

Ricky Gervais managed Suede en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric…

Suede is actually leather. It's softer and less durable than standard leather because it's made from the underside of the skin rather than the tough exterior. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue…

Abercrombie & Fitch provided the iconic suede jacket worn by Amelia Earhart on her infamous flight. fundinguniverse.com/compa…

Chuck Berry sued the Beatles for doing the same thing he did with the line "Don't you step on my blue suede shoes" in "Roll Over Beethoven". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Com…

Elvis Presley waited until Blue Suede Shoes sold a million copies before he released it as to not take away from Carl Perkins version (who is also the original writer) elvis.com.au/presley/carl…

Suede is created from the inner side of a hide, whereas nubuck is created from the outer side of a hide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nub…

Ricky Gervais used to be a band manager for Suede en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue…

Indigo isn't considered a colour of the rainbow anymore as the historic perception of indigo is now considered blue by modern standards. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai…

Genuine leather is the lowest quality of real leather blog.thejacketmaker.com/r…

In Australia there is already a group known as The Raconteurs, so in Australia The Raconteurs go by the name The Saboteurs last.fm/music/The+Raconte…

Elvis Presley had a twin brother en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elv…

There is a british Nirvana (band), they even took Cobain to court over the name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nir…