STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

I like the style of number 1- the only problem is to me it looks like the brown color is painted on top of the leather, which is a turn off for me for a brown leather bag (we learned about this in a furniture seminar where they talked about leather couches- but cheap leather often has a layer of dye on top of it, instead of all the way through the leather.)  I would like it better in the color of the second one or in a different color.