Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

Made the mistake of buying the white one's... They do not stay white.

The other gloves I had were the pro team ones - which are very nice but stitching and stretchy back panel smell bad very quickly - also bought in white, also a big mistake.

Each to his own and all that

see above :P

If your going to buy leather gloves buy all leather without any other material as this is what starts to smell

I bought the white ones too. I knew exactly what would happen and they started getting noticable dirty after only one ride, but I like the look of white leather when it gets grubby (wonder if this is some sort of fetish?)

like you say each to their own