Bobby Keys

When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and sideburns, man. Pink and black coloured clothes. Turn your collar up, comb your hair in ducktails. And the music was cool. It was a whole culture then - a different world.

American Musician

Eve Babitz

I wasn't as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me 'How do you write?' I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just smile and say, 'On a typewriter in the mornings when there's nothing else to do.

American Artist

Paul O'Grady

My primary school teacher once poured a bottle of curdled school milk forcefully down my throat. Then I threw it up all over her suede shoes. I'd rather have drunk from the spittoon in Barney's barber shop.

English Comedian

Jessica Mauboy

I have a black pair of suede Jimmy Choos. I've only worn them once to a Sony event. The heels have these arrow plates in a pattern. There's gold, black and white and they're amazing!

Australian Musician

P. J. Tucker

The Kaws IV is terrible. That's a bad hoop shoe. That suede rubs against your feet. I had to triple my socks. The leather on the inside is a no-go.

American Basketball Player

Jillian Hervey

I always think about how Chaka Khan used to take suede, all these classic fabrics, and then make them very movable. She's my everything!

Abbey Clancy

Leather pants are my guilty fashion pleasure. I have at least 10 pairs in navy, red, white, dusty pink, grey, suede and black.

British Model

Natasia Demetriou

I tried to pull off a pair of thigh-high suede boots once, but my legs just looked like two big trouts wrapped up.

Nik Wallenda

If you take suede leather and put it on a piece of steel, and put moisture on it, it actually sticks.

American Entertainer

Elvis Presley

I think I have something tonight that's not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes.

American Singer

Emphasize suede's unique texture when describing objects, which is velvety and different from smooth leather.

Texture Highlight

Know that suede is often associated with fashion and is considered stylish and trendy in certain contexts.

Fashion Item

Understand that suede requires careful maintenance; it's sensitive to water and tough stains.

Care Caution

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 My suede Starters jacket says Raiders on the back. I'm stylin', smilin', lookin' real mean, because it ain't about being heard, just being seen. My leather Adidas baseball cap matches my fake Gucci backpack.

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