I have a nice leather handbag that is looking worse for the wear, but am unsure how to care for it. I'd love to restore the original color (light gray), as the dye is rubbed/fading. And I think I probably need to give it a regular conditioning or protecting. But I"m really clueless, and online searches are only turning up generic information.

How do you care for your bags? Do you have any products you swear by? Any special ways of cleaning or stories of what not to do?