Save, Spend, Splurge: The Season’s best Wallets

We don’t spent a terrific deal of time going over wallets around here. That’s not because we don’t love them – we do! – but bags do a fine job grabbing all of the spotlight, leaving wallets and other small leather goods with little attention to share among themselves. and that’s silly, because those pieces are just crucial to our everyday lives as bags are.

In the spirit of reminding ourselves of exactly that, let’s take a look at the three wallets, in three very different price ranges, that I’d love to be pulling out of my bag for the season ahead. No matter if your budget is tight or extravagant, your budget can be just as elegant as you are.

Save:

Marc by Marc Jacobs is always a reputable go-to for cost effective leather accessories. The brand’s selection during any given season is substantial and varied, and the prices all normally fall below $250 (and some of them are far below). For less than a hundred bucks, I’m really digging the Marc by Marc Jacobs house of Marc by Marc Jacobs Card Case. (Kind of a mouthful, right?) Some people like a petite wallet, and others, like me, like to store their cards and their cash separately. If you fall into either of those categories, it’s hard to beat $88. If you don’t, Marc makes larger wallets with a similar look. get through ShopBop for $88.

Spend:

It’s hard to believe that fall 2011 marks Alexander Wang’s first foray into leather goods; his wallets and pouches are pretty lust-worthy. I’ve chose to highlight the massive Alexander Wang Prisma gigantic hold budget to appease people who like to be able to stash everything they own into a budget (seriously, it has a slot for your cell phone), but it also comes in a a lot more expected size for $250. get through Alexander Wang for $395.

Splurge:

Are there any small leather goods a lot more splurge-worthy than Alaia’s? I think not. The man’s iPad cases may be $800 and up, but they make me want to get an iPad so that I have a reason to maybe get one some day. The Alaia Perforated Petal budget inspires the same sort of wild-eyed excitement; even though it’s way beyond my budget budget and is so light and stunning that it would probably be destroyed inside of my disorganized, messy bags in a hot second, I can still want for this medium-sized, leather-lined appeal from a distance. get through Net-a-Porter for $800.