Sweet Candy Wallet in Green by Chats Gallery

Inside: card columns, clear windows and an RFID-marked slot

Unfold it and the two panels face each other, each one lined with a column of card slots in pale tan and finished at the bottom with a clear window, so a travel pass or a membership card stays readable without being pulled out. A gusset runs between the panels and closes on its own central zip. One of the slots carries a printed RFID marking, visible on the interior photo. The lining is printed with small drawings of its own rather than left plain. For a sense of where this one sits, look through the rest of the wallet range.

A cat gallery wallet that shuts with a press stud

Closing is one movement: the olive tab folds over the back and meets a round press stud stamped with a paw. A second zip runs along the top edge as an outer pocket, so whatever you reach for most often never needs the wallet opened at all. Zip pulls are silver-toned and match the stud. A woven Sweet Candy tag sticks out at the side, and the same name is printed in cream across the dark brown band at the bottom.

The front print, frame by frame

The front reads like a wall of picture frames. A white cat sits in a small gilt medallion, a black cat occupies a scalloped frame of its own, and two tabbies share a single blue-green surround. Around them the print fills in with a clock, teacups, a jug and a bottom row of smaller framed scenes. Because the ground stays pale, the olive stays at the edges and on the zip tape, which keeps the busy part of the design readable.

A dusty pink back scattered with paw prints

Turn it over and the mood drops a few tones. The dusty pink back is dotted with brown paw prints in two sizes, with smaller pale specks between them. A brown cat's head rises out of the bottom band on the right, ears up, as though it were hiding behind the wallet. That contrast between a crowded front and a quieter back is what makes the model easy to pick out of an open bag.

Why the 4 cm of depth matters

Depth is what separates this one from a flat card case: the 4 cm are what the zipped gusset takes up, on top of the two card columns and their windows. The trade-off is the 18 cm width, which asks for a handbag rather than a back pocket. It belongs with the other small pieces meant for the same job.