Hikaru said:civic_koled, microfiber, aka Suede, is the the soft hairy cloth and very comfort to touch on. The EK9 recaro seat is using 2 different fabrics and one of them which is soft and hairy is the suede. 96~98 EK4 seat use the suede fabric on the colorful fabric portion while the 99~00 don't have any suede.
Here're close up of the 99~00 GF-EK4 Si or GF-EK3 Vi-RS fabric for your reference:
http://i1.autoworld.com.my/userimages/photoalbum/civickid@1/4354/78F33554920.jpg
http://i1.autoworld.com.my/userimages/photoalbum/civickid@1/4354/78F33553230.jpg
thanks sifus... really look nice that one!