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Originally Posted by rockfan4

Sorry, should have done a "before and after" Here's the shoes after wearing them about 5 minutes. Not only do the wrinkles come back, but the shoes appear lighter around the wrinkles, making them stand out.

Yep, that happens. You could consider it "patina" if you want.

You could run a brush over them parallel to the cracks a few times. I find that often helps, but it's not going to eradicate the behavior. The wrinkles will just come back. If you have a natural leather finish which is what you've got, I think that's just how they are going to look from now on.