LJ how has your leather trim held up? Water stains? Have you treated the leather and have you had to clean/ spot clean the nylon?
I haven't had any stains on the nylon and the leather trim has held up exactly as it does on all my Dooney bags with smooth vachetta leather trim (that has been dyed, as opposed
to the natural undyed). The trim on the nylon Dooney bags I have is the
same quality leather trim as on my pebbled leather bags.
As for treating the dyed vachetta leather trim on my pebbled leather Dooney bags....
sometimes I have given it a quick rub down with Mink Oil (which is a paste) if I knew
the day was going to be very rainy. But I haven't done that in years, and I haven't
had any real issues. I do think the lighter (dyed) color... the butterscotch is more
likely to show stains than the darker British Tan or Black vachetta trim.
I stay away from undyed natural vachetta leather trim. It's a magnet for stains
and all it takes is 5 minutes of use for me to attract unsightly water marks or
other stains. And they never just blend in, in my experience.
I'm pretty careful with my bags, but some environments are more risky than others....
grocery store produce and precooked food aisles. food on the go, or buffet restaurants are the riskiest places for handbags. 😮 Either my bags will get sprayed with water, absorb
drips on grease, or my hands will transfer something onto them. I also find
washing my hands in a public restroom very risky for my handbags.... there is no safe
place it seems.