Hard to say, it really depends on the individual bag, the sapin I saw (in the day ) was really nice. The ss 06 caramel's I have seen have often rather thin and very veiny leather like a lot of the 06 ss colors, the fall 06 caramel is thicker and less veiny. I have one of these the lether is really thick not too veiny but rather dry...hope this helps.
I'll have to agree with the girls it really depends I've seen some really great leather on the sapin and I have seen some nice ones on the caramel too.
I guess I choose bags based on color. I would pick color over leather type, but I know some girls here would not. Leather varies so much, I don't know if you can say sapin leather is better than caramel or vice versa . . .
Thank you all for your input and help. I'm leaning toward the Sapin but will wait to see the pictures first. I have tons of brownish bags but not much color. Sapin sounds like a good start, color but not wildly colorful. Thanks again!
I think sapin has consistently had very thick leather with very minimal distressing and very little to no veins. It depends on what you like though! If you like it a bit more distressed and veiny then you would like caramel better. =)
cheetos, I can only speak for Sapin since I don't own any Caramel anythings, but my A/W 06 Sapin Twiggy has THE best leather! It's really shmooshy, thick-ish but not too substantial, and not quite as veiny as my Truffle (which I love -- thanks to iluvhandbags!!! ) Day.