The challenge with a pebbled leather handbag with smooth trim in vachetta leather...
either dyed or undyed vachetta leather.... is that the pebbled leather part of the
bag won't spot if it gets wet..... but the vachetta trim needs protection from
water spotting.
On my Dooney pebbled leather handbags if the vachetta trim is dyed, then I just
use a leather conditioner or mink oil on the vachetta. Since it's a small amount
of vachetta and it's already dyed, that seems to work well enough.
If the handbag has undyed vachetta trim or the entire bag is undyed vachetta leather....
then we must guard against any moisture spots. In those cases, I don't think that
leather conditioners will be enough to protect the bag. Undyed vachetta trim and I
do not get along. The first time I use a bag with undyed vachetta handles it
seems to attract water spots..... even if there isn't a drop of rain for miles.
My bags have gotten spotted from water drops when I washed my hands or
from condensation on the outside of a glass when eating out. I try to avoid undyed
vachetta trim, no matter how beautiful it is too look at.
