alligator skin

Scaly luxury hide

Alligator skin is leather made from alligator hide, prized for its distinctive pattern of raised scales and used in luxury goods like handbags, boots, and watch straps.

The term also describes dry, cracked skin on humans that resembles the reptile's texture: My hands get alligator skin in winter.

Related

exotic leather · scaly texture · designer bag · reptile · swamp · boots · cowboy boots · luxury · luxury goods · rough · bumpy · hide · wallet · watch strap · exotic · prehistoric · tough · belt

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material texture

alligator skinsmooth leather

Tanned hide, buffed surface

patent leather · nappa leather · suede · calfskin · lambskin

material source

alligator skinvegan leather

Non-animal hide substitute

faux leather · synthetic leather · pleather · plant-based leather · imitation leather

luxury/accessibility

alligator skinvinyl

Synthetic resin plastic

plastic · polyurethane · bonded leather · PVC · imitation leather

Family

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G