A compact Mélanie Paris wallet in woven beige canvas, topped with a grained silver-tone flap.
At 14x9x2.5 cm it takes up very little space, which leaves room for everything else in the bag. Cards sit in concertina gussets, coins in a zipped pocket of their own.
Two materials meet halfway up the wallet. Below, beige canvas with a close weave that catches the light without shining. Above, a flap cut from a grained silver-tone material, the grain running evenly across it. A strap slips through a small metal buckle to hold the two together. The back is plain, edged by the zip and its silver-tone pull.
It drops into the inside pocket of a handbag or a small cross-body bag without a fight. A zip right round the wallet means that, once you have pulled the zip shut, nothing shifts about, even at the bottom of a full bag. This is the size you keep when you want to lighten your bag rather than change it.
Open the wallet up and it fans out into gussets: the card slots stagger one behind the other, and you can pick one out at a glance. A zipped pocket in the centre keeps coins away from the rest. Lift the flap and you find further slots in a row, plus a framed panel in the brown-and-white geometric print that runs right through the interior. Against the pale exterior, the print reads clearly.
| Size | 14x9x2.5 cm |
|---|---|
| Outside | Woven beige canvas, grained silver-tone flap |
| Fastening | Strap and metal buckle on the flap, zip right round |
| Inside | Concertina card slots, central zipped pocket, geometric printed lining |
| Colour | Silver and beige |
Beige and silver tones go with a camel, black or ecru bag, and the metal buckle picks up the hardware on a chain-strap bag. If you would rather have a longer, travel-style wallet or a different opening, you will find other flap-front wallets in the range.
You may prefer to keep coins out of the wallet altogether. In that case, a separate coin purse can travel in the same bag, and the card slots stay flat.