Recently, I have been ordering my straps with boxy style padding, which I think looks a lot better. The cream side stitch can look nice too, although in this case I kinda wish I had gone dark grey for that stitch. On a very soft leather like this one, it works well and isn't stiff at all. Usually do a colored goat leather lining too. This strap is from Tuns, was only ~$40ish and just as nice as some of my $$$ stuff.