Disclosed is a napped artificial leather dyed with a cationic dye, including: a non-woven fabric of a cationic dyeable polyester fiber having a fineness of 0.07 to 0.9 dtex; and an elastic polymer provided inside the non-woven fabric, wherein the napped artificial leather has L* value≤50, a grade of color difference determined in an evaluation of color migration to PVC under a load 0.75 kg/cm at 50° C. for 16 hours, of 4 or more, a tear strength per mm of thickness of 30 N or more, and a peel strength of 3 kg/cm or more.

A method of manufacturing artificial leather is provided. A textile support is provided coated with coagulated polyurethane on which colored and uncolored base coats are applied, interspersed with drying steps, and then embossed to impart an aesthetic design in relief. On the embossed semi-finished product, colored and non-colored finishing coats are applied.

A decorative molding sheet including: an artificial leather substrate that includes a non-woven fabric containing ultrafine fibers with an average fineness of 0.001 to 1 dtex and an elastic polymer applied in the non-woven fabric, and that has a leather-like finished surface; and a resin layer that is formed on a back surface of the artificial leather substrate relative to the leather-like finished surface, and that contains a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a preform molded body obtained by shaping the decorative molding sheet into a three-dimensional shape are used.

Disclosed is a printed napped sheet or a printing sheet including a fabric having a napped surface, wherein the napped surface is printed and has, as measured by a surface roughness measurement in accordance with ISO 25178, an arithmetic mean height (Sa) of a predetermined value or less (e.g., 30 μm or less) in both a grain direction and a reverse grain direction, and the napped surface has a density of peaks (Spd), having a height of 100 μm or more from a mean height, of a predetermined value or less (e.g., 30/432 mm.sup.2 or less) in both the grain direction and the reverse grain direction. Also disclosed is a printed napped sheet wherein the napped surface has a difference (absolute value) in density of peaks (Spd), between the grain direction and the reverse grain direction, of 20/432 mm.sup.2 or less.

An article of apparel such as a rain jacket includes a composite fabric formed of a textile layer including a plurality of yarns, each yarn including five to twenty-five filaments having non-circular cross-sectional shapes and a sealing layer applied as a coating directly to the interior surface of the textile layer and having a thickness of about 10 micrometers to about 30 micrometers.

Provided is an artificial leather that achieves both a soft texture and excellent durability, and a method for manufacturing the same, the leather comprising: a fibrous base material formed from superfine fibers having an average single fiber diameter of 0.1-10 m; and a polymeric elastic body, where the polymer elastic body comprises a compound having a hydrophilic group and a compound having an ethylene oxide skeleton, the content of the compound in the polymeric elastic body of the artificial leather being 0.1-5 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polymeric elastic body.

A leather-like fabric has a feel of natural nubuck leather and a napped feel and air permeability of suede leather, as well as high wear resistance. The leather-like fabric includes a fibrous structure including ultrafine fibers having an average monofilament fineness of 0.0001 dtex or more and 0.5 dtex or less, at least one surface of the fibrous structure being napped, the napped surface having resin layers located discontinuously, and each of the resin layers containing two or more layers.

A composite sheet material includes a skin sheet and a woven fabric, wherein the skin sheet is formed by impregnating an elastic polymer into a base material consisting of an entangled fiber network, such as a nonwoven fabric, and wherein the composite sheet material has high thermal resistance and high formability suitable for integral molding. The composite sheet material is a composite sheet material including a skin sheet attached with a woven fabric through an adhesive resin layer, wherein the skin sheet is made of an entangled fiber network including ultra-fine fibers with an average single fiber diameter of 0.1 to 8 m and of an elastic polymer, and wherein the woven fabric includes polyester fibers in which the polyester contains a 1,2-propanediol-derived component at a concentration of 1 to 500 ppm.

The present disclosure relates to suede-like artificial leather and a production method thereof, and more particularly, to suede-like artificial leather, which is excellent in sensibility such as smooth texture and fullness while satisfying physical properties desired as suede that is used for automotive headliners, fillers, and sun visors using a covering yarn including a core and a sea-island type microfiber surrounding the core in suede used for a vehicle interior part, and a production method thereof.

A natural leather-like patterned artificial leather is provided which has a pattern with excellent wear resistance, while having an excellently delicate design, where the artificial leather is composed of: a fiber entangled body which comprises, as a constituent, a nonwoven fabric configured from ultrafine fibers that are formed from a thermoplastic resin, while having an average single fiber diameter of from 1 m to 10 m; and an elastomer. At least one surface of the artificial leather is a design surface having at least a piloerection part and a fused part, where the difference between the thickness of the piloerection part and the thickness of the fused part is from 0.05 mm to 0.20 mm; and the formulae (1) to (3) described below are satisfied.

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