Possible Clues:

• Reportedly one that's gone off soft leather
• Soft leather made by a special tawing process, from sheepskin or goatskin
• Sort of kid, perhaps, who snoozes when listening?
• Leather from goatskin, apparently
• A soft leather made by a special tawing process from the skin of sheep or goats
• Soft leather used in wallets, whose name derives from a place in California
• Soft leather made by a special tawing process from sheep- or goatskin