The accessories we carry are as important to our image as the rest of what we wear, and I need a new credit card case. Not that there's anything seriously wrong with mine, but I've had it for a decade and it's very dark brown where it once was tan leather.
Most men carry a wallet unless, like me, they worry about the drape of their jacket. I make do with a credit card case in a trouser pocket. And a key case (to prevent keys from abusing the pocket lining). Usually a pen and a wrist watch. Perhaps cufflinks and a money clip. And that's about it. Unfortunately, nothing in the pockets of a well dressed man is exactly inexpensive.
Watches, of course, cost like crazy, but so does the rest of the gear. That credit card case that I need, for example. It's just a little thing but April in Paris asks about $200 per slot for the pictured alligator version that holds six cards. It's certainly beautifully made, and comes in my choice of seven colors, with another half dozen choices for the contrasting interior.
Fortunately for the contents of my card case, I think alligator is just too showy (even when I wore belted trousers I left my alligator belts in the closet) and the price drops in half for those customers willing to tolerate the daily compromise of carrying calf instead. So Christmas is coming and I'll probably go for a new case. In calf. But I'll be dreaming about dark brown alligator with a tan stingray interior.
Most men carry a wallet unless, like me, they worry about the drape of their jacket. I make do with a credit card case in a trouser pocket. And a key case (to prevent keys from abusing the pocket lining). Usually a pen and a wrist watch. Perhaps cufflinks and a money clip. And that's about it. Unfortunately, nothing in the pockets of a well dressed man is exactly inexpensive.
Watches, of course, cost like crazy, but so does the rest of the gear. That credit card case that I need, for example. It's just a little thing but April in Paris asks about $200 per slot for the pictured alligator version that holds six cards. It's certainly beautifully made, and comes in my choice of seven colors, with another half dozen choices for the contrasting interior.
Fortunately for the contents of my card case, I think alligator is just too showy (even when I wore belted trousers I left my alligator belts in the closet) and the price drops in half for those customers willing to tolerate the daily compromise of carrying calf instead. So Christmas is coming and I'll probably go for a new case. In calf. But I'll be dreaming about dark brown alligator with a tan stingray interior.
April in Paris, by the way, is the one world class must-see craftsman I know of in the Bay area.
