Black cat wallet

A line of metal down one edge

The first thing you notice is the line of metal. The zip is gold-coloured end to end, and against a surface with no shine at all it reads almost like a piece of trim rather than a fastening. At the slider hangs a short black tassel, its fringe held by a gold-coloured cap, and gives the fingers something to pull on. Set beside the other formats in the same aisle, it belongs with the long-format wallets.

Black zip-around cat wallet with flowers and music notes

The cat lies along the left-hand side, pale grey with a black head, two long ears standing up and thin whiskers drawn across its face. A small pink heart sits on its shoulder. One flower is pink with a black centre, the other white with a pink one, and both are outlined by a dashed pale line just inside the petals. Pale ovals carrying black music notes are scattered over the rest of the front, linked by fine dotted curls.

Inside the two halves

The lining continues the black of the back. A pocket closed by its own zip runs down the middle and separates two open sections that spread apart as you fold it back, so the wallet opens into two flat halves.

Slipping it into a bag

Long wallets like this one sit flat rather than fold, which suits the handbags it travels in, and it is just as easy to hold on its own when you step out without one.