Two camel straps run down the front of this long wallet and pass through square buckles in a dark metal tone. They are there for the look: the wallet opens without unfastening either of them.
They cross the join between a glittered flap and a matt grained orange body, and a zip travels right around the edge. At 19x11x2.5cm, cards, notes and coins each get their own place.
The front is split between two finishes. The lower part is grained and matt, in a warm orange that leans towards terracotta; the upper part is the flap, and it glitters. Two camel straps cross the join, each passing through a small rectangular buckle in a dark metal tone. Neither needs undoing to open the wallet, so they stay purely decorative, and it is their brown that registers first from a distance.
| Dimensions | 19x11x2.5cm |
|---|---|
| Material | Grained synthetic |
| Colour | Orange, camel straps |
| Front | Glittered flap with a curved edge over a matt grained body |
| Back | Plain, no detailing |
| Fastenings | Flap on a round stud, zip around the edge |
| Inside | Card slots, clear window, zipped pocket with a floral lining |
At 19x11x2.5cm this is a long format, the kind that takes a note without folding it into quarters.
The flap folds down onto a small round stud set in line with the curve of its edge. Underneath, a zip runs around the whole edge and ends in a pull with two tabs. The back is left plain: one uncut grained panel, crossed near the top by the glittered band and the zip tape. Face down on a table, the wallet says very little. For a sense of what sits beside it, see what else the wallet aisle holds in this size.
The orange carries on inside, smooth rather than grained. A column of card slots fills the centre panel, with a clear window set just below it for the card you show most often. Behind that window sits a lining printed with small flowers in ochre and raspberry on a dark ground; that same print reappears at the bottom of the central zipped pocket. The facing panel is left empty for notes. If loose change is the part you would rather keep out of it, the coin purses filed one shelf along do that job on their own.
It is not a scatter of large sequins. The sparkle is fine and even, worked into the surface of the flap itself, which is why the panel reads as a warm orange with a gold cast rather than as something applied on top. Next to the matt grained body the difference is one of finish rather than of colour, and that is what stops the front looking busy despite the straps and the buckles.