Star wallet ecru

A compact ecru wallet that fits a small bag

Everything about this one starts with the 14x10 cm footprint. It takes up about as much room as a phone case, which means it travels well in a cross-body bag and does not bulge through a jacket pocket. For anyone who carries a small bag most days, that matters more than extra card slots.

The black star on the front

The star is applied dead centre, and its matt black surface stands out against the grained ecru around it. That one change of texture does most of the work. Turn the wallet over and the back is completely plain. Only a dark line of stitching follows the edge and picks out the rounded corners.

Gold hardware and the fringed charm

A fine gold chain links the zip pull to an ecru fringed charm that swings whenever you pick the wallet up. The zip runs right around the opening rather than across one side, so the whole top edge opens instead of a single slot.

A black interior behind the zip

Unzip it and the pale outside gives way to a black interior with several compartments. Cards show up clearly against that dark ground, which is not always the case in a wallet finished in the same shade inside and out.

Wearing ecru through the week

Ecru sits comfortably next to camel, indigo denim and the softer greys of winter knitwear. The black star pulls it towards the sharper end of a wardrobe, so it holds its own against a charcoal coat or a navy blazer. If you want to weigh up sizes before deciding, browse the wallet aisle and its plainer designs.

Prefer to keep coins out of the way of your cards? A coin purse to tuck in beside it handles that job on its own.

Specification

Keeping a pale wallet clean

Pale shades pick up marks along the corners and around the zip before anywhere else. A quick pass with a lightly dampened sponge sorts most of it, and the wallet should then dry flat rather than on a radiator. Storing it in a pocket of its own, away from loose change and a phone case, keeps the edges clean for longer.