Leather_(disambiguation)

Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides and skins of animals. It can also refer to:

Contents 1 Books 2 Characters 3 Businesses 4 Games 5 Leather subculture 6 Material 6.1 Items made from leather 6.2 Related processes 6.3 Related organizations 7 Movies 8 Music 9 Musical 10 People 11 Places 12 Television 13 Other

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Books

• Something Leather is a 1990 novel by Alasdair Gray
• The Black Leather Jacket a 1985 book by English journalist and author Mick Farren
• Tales from the Leather Nun a 1973 North American comics album anthology of bizarre, violent and perverted stories about nuns

Characters

• Bret Leather is a fictional character appearing in the comic book series Planetary
• Leather (comics) is a fictional character from DC Comics

Businesses

• Connolly Leather a British leather company primarily for car manufacturers
• DK Leather is a Malaysian-based leather upholstery manufacturer focussed on the automotive industry
• Imperial Leather is a brand of soaps, toiletries and healthcare products
• Noir Leather is a Detroit-area leather and fetish gear shop
• Quil Ceda Leather is a leather tanning company and leather apparel manufacturer based out of Marysville, Washington
• Weaver Leather is a Mount Hope, Ohio contract leather shop founded in 1973
• Wilsons Leather is a major United States leather retailer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Games

• Leather Goddesses of Phobos is a 1986 interactive fiction computer game
• Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating Inconvenience from Planet X! is a 1992 graphic adventure game

Leather subculture

• International Mister Leather is an annual international conference and contest of leathermen and leatherwomen held in Chicago, Illinois
• Leather Archives and Museum is an international archive and museum for the leather and BDSM communities based near Chicago, Illinois
• Leather subculture is a culture eroticizing leather dress and often associated with BDSM and kink cultures
• Leather Pride flag is a symbol and flag for the leather subculture
• Mr Vancouver Leather is a community leather title in Vancouver, British Columbia
• National Leather Association International is a BDSM and pansexual organization based in the United States

Material

See also: Category:Leather

• Aniline leather is leather treated with aniline as a dye
• Artificial leather is a fabric of finish intended to substitute for leather
• Bicast leather is a synthetic upholstery product
• Boiled leather was a historical construction material
• Bonded Leather is man-made material composed of leather fibers
• Chamois leather is leather made from the skin of the mountain antelope or Chamois
• Corinthian leather is a marketing term used by Chrysler in the 1970s
• Morocco leather is a type of sheepskin dyed red
• Nappa leather is a full-grain leather
• Ostrich leather is leather from an ostrich
• Patent leather is leather with a high gloss and shiny finish
• Poromeric imitation leather is a group of synthetic leather substitutes
• Vegan leather is an artificial alternative to traditional leather

Items made from leather

• Leather helmet is a helmet fashioned primarily out of leather
• Leather jacket is a jacket made of leather
• Leather skirt is a skirt made of leather

Related processes

• British Museum leather dressing a conservator\'s treatment for display items
• Leather carving is a process of cutting and stamping to give a three-dimensional appearance
• Leather crafting is the practice of making leather into crafts or art
• Liming (leather processing) is a process of treating leather

Related organizations

• 2006 Kolkata leather factory fire was a deadly 2006 industrial fire in West Bengal, India
• Central Leather Research Institute is the world\'s largest leather research institute founded in 1948 and located in Adyar, Chennai (India)
• German Leather Museum, (Deutsches Ledermuseum), is a German leather museum in Offenbach, Hesse founded in 1917
• International Fur & Leather Workers Union was an American labor union from 1913 to 1955
• International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers\' Federation is a global union federation founded in 1970 and based in Brussels, Belgium

Movies

• Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls is a 1988 gory B-movie in the sexploitation style
• Hag in a Black Leather Jacket is a 1964 John Waters short film
• Leather Jacket Love Story is 1998 gay drama movie
• The Leather Boys is a 1964 British drama film
• The Patent Leather Kid is a 1927 American silent drama film

Music

• Black Shining Leather is the 1998 debut album by the Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest
• Black Leather is a 1990 EP by Belgium industrial music band Klinik
• Black Leather Mojo is the 2000 debut album released by British Rock band SilverGinger 5
• "Boots of Spanish Leather" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released in 1964
• Denim and Leather is the 1981 studio album by British heavy metal band Saxon
• Leather and Lace is a 1981 duet album by Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter
• Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz is the debut album from California hard rock band Pretty Boy Floyd
• Leather Charm was an American heavy metal band from Downey, California
• Leather Diamond is a 2001 EP from California avant-garde rock band Hella
• Leather Jackets (album) is a 1986 rock album by British singer/songwriter Elton John
• Leather Nun was a Swedish rock group
• "Leather So Soft" is a 2006 song by Birdman and Lil Wayne
• "Leather-Winged Bat" is an English folk song about a bat
• No Life \'Til Leather is a 1982 studio demo album by American thrash metal band Metallica
• Red Patent Leather is a 1984 album by New York glam rock band New York Dolls
• Scandinavian Leather is a 2003 album by Norwegian band Turbonegro
• Tougher Than Leather is a 1988 album of American rap group Run-D.M.C.
• Wooden Leather is a 2003 album by American southern rap group Nappy Roots

Musical

• Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? is a 1982 Broadway musical

People

• Edwin Leather was a conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and Governor of Bermuda
• Milan (aka The Leather Boy) American psychedelic rock and garage rock singer from the 1960s
• Roland Leather was a British cricketer for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
• Stephen Leather is an English author of thrillers
• Suzi Leather is a British member of the Labour Party

Places

• Leather District, Boston, Massachusetts is a historic neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts

Television

• "Black Leather Jackets" is an episode of the The Twilight Zone
• "Full Leather Jacket" is an episode of HBO\'s The Sopranos

Other

• Egyptian Mathematical Leather Roll a leather roll representing 2000 BCE to 1650 BCE arithmetic
• Leather cannon was an experimental Swedish cannon in the 17th century
• Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. was a 2007 Supreme court case about vertical price restraints
• Shoe leather cost is an economics term

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