<p>I am thinking my purchasing the Schedin shoes as an alternative to CP Achilles. I think the CP Achilles has pretty high-quality leather -- for a sneaker, anyway -- and I'm a bit worried about the quality of the Schedin shoes leather comparatively. Do you have any comments on this? How easy are they to get to that clean, fresh, optical white?</p>

<p>They seem pretty decent so far - only worn them 5-6 times though. Haven't had to wash or clean mine in any way yet. The leather wrinkles quite a bit around the toe where it bends when i walk (don't know much about leather so don't know how common this is with leather shoes). But overall they're fine, comfy enough and are really what I expected from them.</p>