Camel star wallet

The camel wallet with a glitter star, up close

Photographed from a few inches away, the star stops being a printed shape and turns into what it actually is: hundreds of separate gold flecks packed side by side, so that the star shifts as the light moves instead of staying flat. That is the only decoration anywhere on the wallet. There is no logo, no stamped name, no contrast piping, and the back panel has been left completely bare apart from the stitching.

A gold zip that carries on down both sides

A zip that only crosses the top edge means digging about with two fingers. Here it carries on down both sides, which is what lets the opening sit flat and wide instead of narrowing to a slot. The slider carries a camel tassel with a gold cap, which matters more than it sounds: it gives you something to find by touch in a bag you cannot see into.

Pocket-sized, at 14x10 cm

Think of 14x10 cm as card-and-notes size rather than documents size. A chequebook is never going in, and that is rather the point: it fits a coat pocket, and in a small evening bag it still leaves room for a phone. Anyone weighing it against the roomier shapes can see how the wallet sizes line up before deciding.

Black lining inside

Unzip it and the whole interior turns out to be lined in black. The camel then reads as a deliberate choice rather than a wallet that happens to be tan the whole way through. The open shot also catches it holding its box shape with nothing inside, so the sides are not folding in on you while you feel for a card.

Camel is an easy colour to live with

Most wallets end up black because black is safe. Camel is the other safe answer, the one that still looks like a choice, and it has the advantage of being easy to spot inside a dark bag. The glitter takes it a step further: this is a wallet that gets looked at when it comes out at a till. If you would sooner keep coins and cards apart, there are purses sized for coins in the same section.