One of the real advantages of leather is that it seldom
needs to be professionally cleaned. When it does need a professional cleaning,
it can be a complicated business. Remember that professionally cleaned leather
includes refinishing its color tint. All leather garments lose part of their dye
when they are professionally cleaned. Restoring the garment's color is part of
the cleaning process. However, some leather tints are hard to match. For this
reason, light shades of leather should be avoided. Therefore, it's important to
make sure your cleaner knows what he or she is doing. If they are honest with
you and say that some of the color will fade, then the cleaner is probably a
good cleaner. If they beat around the bush -- select another cleaner.