PVC/Vinyl/Pleather Clothing - How to Protect It and Keep It from Tattering?

Fake leather is what it is... fake.

You shouldn't expect more than a couple of uses from any piece of fake leather or vinyl, if that much.

If you love the look, buy quality classic leather pieces that will keep for years. It's worth the money in the long run.

I love my leather jacket. The price was hard to swallow and justify but the jacket still looks brand new. I knew what I liked, what I wanted and I waited until I found the perfect piece for me.

Good luck,

The only thing you are doing wrong is buying cheap clothes in the first place. Stop buying it. If you want leather then buy leather but cheap plastic is going to fall apart after a few wearings so it isn't a bargain. Plus even brand new it looks like crud.

Vinyl just breaks down over time.
There's nothing you can clean it with, or wipe it with or condition it with - it's just decomposing.
My husbands high school jacket has vinyl sleeves and they've become sticky/oily over the years.
Basically we'd have to have the sleeves replaced because there's no 'un' breaking down vinyl.

Personally, I wouldn't bother with fake leather. I haven't seen any clothing pieces that are of good enough quality to pass for the real thing and won't fall apart fairly quickly. Same for shoes and bags. I used to have some faux leather accessories like gloves, shoes and bags and they just fall apart and look awful in the process (flaking, cracking, etc.).

If you want to try to save any other pieces you have, there are conditioners out there that you can try that might make them last longer, but the life expectancy of faux leather is about 1/3 to 1/2 of what you'd get with real leather.

Thrift stores can be a great place to find the real thing. My son bought a real leather designer jacket at a thrift store for maybe $10-15 that retailed for over $400. Real leather, when properly cared for, wears very well for years and years so a lot of thrifted pieces are still in excellent shape.

Pleather clothing does not have a long lifespan in general. The reason why some trendy items are made from pleather is that the cheap material only needs to last for as long as the trend does. Even sitting in a closet, pleather degrades. Every time you wear it, or it is exposed to sunlight or cold, the process speeds up. It's short-term, disposable clothing, basically.

You're not doing anything wrong. It's a fake fabric and it's going to disintegrate just being in the world, in the air and temperatures.

This fabric is not made to last. It's to be worn a few times and tossed. I know that's a silly explanation but it's the truth. Fake plastic clothing just don't last very long.

Friends of ours have a boat with inyl seats. I know it's not quite the same thing, but he has a protector spray that he uses to clean and treat it. Apparently stops it from cracking. If you love your pants, maybe you could spot try some. Boats get lots of sunlight and I know he used it religiously.