White cat keychain with shabby tulle and lace

Closed eyes, long lashes and peach-lined ears

The head sits right at the top: white fabric, two closed eyes stitched as long curved lashes, a pair of pink cheeks and a small nose drawn in black thread. The inside of each ear is lined in pale peach, the only warm note on an otherwise ivory piece. Seen from behind, the back of the head stays plain and smooth, with no face on that side.

A peach flower tucked against the right ear

Nothing in the product name mentions it, and a full-length photo hides it: at the base of the right ear sit a peach fabric flower and a tiny cream bud, pinned together like a hair clip. On the opposite side, a clear stone catches the light inside the left ear. From across a room this is a white cat; up close, those two details are what set it apart.

Ivory tulle and white lace on a 20 cm cat keychain

Below the collar the tulle opens into a wide skirt and accounts for most of its 20 cm of total height. A band of white lace with a floral motif runs straight down the front, far more graphic than the gathered tulle around it, and a second band edges the skirt on the right. Two small white feet sit underneath, each finished with an ivory rosette that only appears once the piece is hanging.

The flower and bead collar

The collar is more than a plain ribbon. One large peach fabric flower, packed tight like a carnation, is flanked by two small cream blooms on green leaves and ringed with white beads in two sizes threaded into short strands. A flat beige and gold striped ribbon passes behind the whole arrangement and falls in two long tails over the tulle.

Measurements and materials at a glance

Clipping it onto keys or a bag handle

A small gold-tone clasp and ring finish the top. The clasp opens under the thumb and closes again on a key ring, on a zip pull or on a bag strap. The tulle flattens inside a coat pocket, then opens out again the moment it hangs free. If that volume is what you are after, the other tulle and plush keyrings are kept together in one place.

On a backpack it is the back that shows, and the skirt is just as full on that side, with no flat panel left unfinished. If you would rather carry the same ivory and peach notes elsewhere on an outfit, the scarves and brooches shelved alongside are the place to look.

Where it snags, and how to store it

The fragile parts are not the tulle but the bead strands and the two ribbon tails at the throat, since those are the ones most likely to catch on a zip or a coat button when a bag is grabbed in a hurry. Hanging the keyring on the outside of a bag, rather than dropping it in, keeps the strands lying flat. When it has travelled loose at the bottom of a bag, the skirt comes out pressed down and the layers need lifting apart one at a time before it looks like itself again.