I took a chance and ordered this new suede with metallic sprinkles in the starlight color, and I am so happy I did! I love it!!! The leather is soft, but you can feel the nape and texture of the skin. The metallic pieces are super smooth. This leather is somewhat floppy, but certainly has structure to hold my inserts, plus I fill up the pockets. I got this in pocket size. The color is gorgeous. The blue kind of reminds me of duck egg color in Filofax brand. It looks creamy, soft, but definitely not baby blue. It also reminds me a little of the snarky color. The metallic pieces are just one with the leather. There is no picking them off, or having them fall off. It isn’t a foil. It is built into the leather somehow. The leather is wrapping around my inserts nicely, and the cover is behaving like any other soft cover I have gotten from CS. The feel is totally different though because it is suede. My cover is gorgeous! I wish I could post a picture. I tried my best to describe this leather and notebook. I hope you try it!