Trendy Leather Wallets

For those who love to ride the front of fashion trends, keep in touch with the latest developments in style, and yet stay grounded in the fundamentals of good design, a trendier wallet is a great way to express a personal aesthetic.

Benefits

A Fusion of Fashion and Functionality

These wallets allow you to embrace both the fashion and the function that they provide. It can express your style, show the type of values that are important to you, and also keep your cards and cash safe and accessible. 

It’s this double duty that makes the fashion accessory a tool, and the tool a fashion accessory.

Unmatched Convenience at Your Fingertips

The function of the wallet can be maintained even when style is a big part of the decision, or even the primary one.

With a wallet that fits all you need inside it, yet fits into your pocket or bag easily, and provides convenient access to your essentials, you will experience the convenience that should be standard in any wallet of quality.

A Catalyst for Organization

In ordering your new, well-designed wallet, you’ll find yourself decluttering, setting aside things you don’t want to carry in your wallet and opting instead to keep them in a safe place at home or in your car.

The essentials will still be there, ready when you need them, but you won’t be hauling around cards and things that you never use. You may even find this process so beneficial that you extend it into other parts of your life. 

Personal Security: A Top Priority

Quality wallets now often include RFID-blocking technology to protect you from “skimming.” Skimming is stealing financial and personal data using the same technology that allows for contactless transactions – radio frequency identification.

Using a membrane designed to block these radio waves, your wallet will keep your data protected while the wallet is closed, but still allow you to easily open it when you’ve making transactions. 

An Investment in Your Personal Brand

The wallet you choose will express your personal look, ideally elevating it to the next level, displaying not only good taste, but an appreciation for detail, quality, and value. It’s about style and substance, not just one or the other.

How to Choose

Begin the process of choosing your wallet by knowing what you need it to do. Awareness of the number of card slots, the cash pocket, and any other features you’d like it to have will serve as the backdrop for the functional side of things.

Determining the style and the quality level will cover the rest.

Understanding Wallet Trends: The Foundation of Your Choice

If you aren’t already familiar with them, invest the time and effort necessary to understand the current trends in wallet design and features.

Pay attention to what is selling well, but go deeper than that, taking into account the look and features included in the wallets of the elite, for whom the cost is not an issue, so the features, quality, and social signals rule the decision.

The Significance of Size and Functionality

Unless the trend specifically calls for it, an oversized wallet can be cumbersome and decrease the level of efficiency and ease with which it can be used. It is similar for very small wallets. Ideally, you want something that holds everything you need, without unnecessary bulk or weight.

Overstuffing a wallet can cause distortions in the shape and finish, and having empty slots and space in your wallet not only looks strange but may prompt you to add unnecessary items to the load you carry around with you each day.

Material Matters: A Reflection of Style and Values

The durability and aesthetic appeal of your wallet rests largely on the material chosen for its construction.

Premium leather, for example, offers unparalleled beauty and durability. At Von Baer, we only use the finest full-grain vegetable-tanned Italian leather, which develops a beautiful patina over time.

Vegan and synthetic options are available too, each with pros and cons to be sure, but there might be a great option there, depending on what you’re looking for.

The quality materials used in the best wallets mean that your purchase will likely outlast the trend, retaining excellent resale value – whether you sell it on or retain it for your own collection – because it will still be a beautiful, functional, and reliable wallet even after significant use.

Color and Pattern: Personalization at Its Core

A bold color or pattern can make a big statement, but you should be aware that, as trends shift, you may find yourself drifting away from the current look into something that comes off as a bit dated.

If you have the money to change wallets each time this happens, or even each season, then this isn’t a problem. If you want to use your wallet for a longer period of time though, and get the most value you can from it, then consider choosing a trend that incorporates a classic design.

Subtler colors, like browns, blacks, or navies will age better, and will sleek, minimalist designs. Enhance your wardrobe, complement and elevate your clothing, and do so in a way that both reflects your personal tastes and will last as long as you want it to.

Types

There are several general types of wallet to choose from.

If you can match the type of wallet with your personal needs and preferences, it will be easier to look through the various designs and find the one you like best.

The Rise of Minimalist Wallets

Minimalism is a popular trend at the moment, and shows little sign of slowing down. Sleek, simple, lightweight wallets fit well with this and have become a type of their own.

The increase in digital commerce has decreased the need to carry so many cards and so much cash, facilitating this trend yet further.

RFID-Blocking Wallets: Security Meets Style

Thieves are increasingly using sophisticated methods, like radio frequency identification technology (RFID) to access personal and financial data from people on the street.

These thieves don’t need to touch you or your wallet to steal your money and identity in this way, either.

In most cases, victims don’t even know they were targeted until after they see the damage to bank accounts, credit ratings, personal reputation, and more. RFID-blocking wallets aren’t just a novelty anymore – they are a growing need.

Travel Wallets: The Globetrotter's Companion

Travel wallets are designed with greater dimensions, allowing their owners to pack them with passports and the larger notes of foreign currency along with the usual cards and cash.

This keeps important items together and more secure, while allowing for quick access at security points and other places of need.