Method for producing a decorative composite having at least one local weakening and a weakened spacer fabric

Method for producing a weakened decorative composite from at least one decorative material and a spacer fabric for producing coverings of airbags in motor vehicles, which spacer fabric has an upper cover layer and a lower cover layer, and a layer having spacer threads is located between the cover layers, characterised in that the weakenings in the spacer fabric are blind holes which are introduced into the lower cover layer of the spacer fabric, wherein the blind holes substantially pass through the lower cover layer and the layer having the spacer threads, wherein the upper cover layer is substantially not weakened, wherein the lower cover layer is knitted, wherein the spacer fabric is a three-dimensionally structured technical textile that has a defined distance between the upper cover layer and the lower cover layer, wherein the upper cover layer and the lower cover layer are bound together by a binding element, wherein the spacer threads are the binding element between the upper cover layer and the lower cover layer, and wherein the blind holes are introduced by a laser.