Wallet

Do you look fashionable with a wallet?

Wallets are items used primarily to hold items including, but not limited to, money, identification cards, credit cards, personal items and other types of cards.
A ‘wallet’ is also known as a ‘notecase’ or a ‘billfold’, and it is also sometimes called a ‘purse’, although not all purses are described or classified as such.
Wallets are typically small enough to fit in one’s pocket, but they do vary in size, and can often be folded.
The term ‘wallet’ was first used in the 1300s, used to describe knapsacks and bags that often stored food, although the modern use of the term did not originate until the 1800s.
Wallets are most often black or brown in colour, but vary, often depending on the gender targeted, and the materials used, and they can be decorated with images and patterns.

Leather or other textile fabrics are the most commonly used material in wallets, although metal or other materials can be used.
Wallets often have numerous slots or bands to organise items, and the pockets vary in size by country, due to different money sizes.
Wallets can be easy targets for pickpockets, and to prevent this, they can be attached to garments using a strap or chain, or placed in a difficult to access pocket.
Some wallets have particular purposes, like those used for travel documents, and some are designed to attach to one’s shoe, wrist or around one’s neck, so that hands can be kept free, especially when exercising.
Wallets became particularly modernised and popular by the 1950s, with the introduction of credit cards.

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