So, was in Sydney a few weeks back and went and paid my Apple subscriptions at the Apple store by upgrading my trusty iPad 2 and iPhone 4S to an iPad Air and iPhone 5S.
Quite liked the look of the leather cases that Apple have released to grabbed a beige one. Great feeling case looked OK seems to protect the phone well. Wasn't keen on he colour, but the options were either too bright or too dark for my likening.
Anyway fast forward 24 hours and already the case was starting to show wear and tear with what appeared to be the beige colouring flaking off. Three weeks later it looked to bad I scrubbed all the beige "coating" off and it took on a better (IMHO) more rugged look but still wasn't quite right.
Last night in a moment of boredom I grabbed the good old Kiwi shoe polish (brown) and polished it with that, the result I think is heaps better, it is now a middle brown with the appearance more of a good worn wallet which I prefer.
Time will tell how long this lasts...