Suede leather, also known as “scamosciato”, is the first type of bovine leather that Scamosceria Astico started processing in the 1950s. Since then, the company continued to fine-tune its recipe to improve the leather resistance and durability, and to confer unique waterproof properties. “Scamosciato” is a split leather, that is the by-product of the full-grain leather splitting process. It is characterized by a silky touch, a very similar one to the touch of deer skin – hence the name “Scamosciato” which derives from the word “chamois” or camoscio in Italian.