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Re: Let's have a fashion advice thread. - B
Emaline:
You can order Hot Topic pants online. For the most part, they will be Levi's.
Anyway, I want to buy my boyfriend a Saddleback Leather wallet. I'm torn between the medium bi-fold and the large bifold. This is the only place I can think of where people might know. I half-assedly tried finding reviews of both and I didn't get much information.
The reason I'm so torn is because my boyfriend thinks he wants the large one, except he dislikes the bulkiness of his current wallet, and wants something more compact, that he can carry in his front pocket. Anyone I've talked to thinks I should just get him that one because that is what he says he wants, but knowing how much he dislikes his current wallet, I'm inclined to get him the smaller one. I know he will be excited to get either, but I'd rather he be only slightly less excited(We are talking like maybe -5 excitement points) to get the one that he isn't exactly leaning towards(he does like both), than him be completely excited about the large one for a week and then start to dislike how big and bulky it is, and want a new one in a few months. Make sense?
Like I said, I've tried to find reviews of each, and the ones of the large wallet say that it is a bit big and bulky, one going so far to say that it is best suited for a bag or cargo pants. Does anyone here have one? Are they really bulky?
Barmymoo:
Emaline, good to see you back. I have no advice about wallets though.
Dliessmgg:
My wallet is about the size of the larger one. I wear neither cargo pants nor skinny jeans and I never had a problem with it. It took me about a week to get used to it, but I guess that's with every new wallet?
pwhodges:
I've never seen these IRL, but from the pictures I would certainly prefer the smaller one for the reasons you discuss. How you dress it up to avoid initial disappointment is tricky, though.
You could try to find out whether it is the dimensions of his present wallet he dislikes, or how thick it gets when filled up (which could be worse with a smaller one, depending just what he puts in it).
A Wet Helmet:
I have fairly recently gone from carrying a billfold to carrying one of the saddleback small wallets and it's been one of the best things I've done. First and foremost its caused me to slim down to the amount of shit I carry. I keep my license, two credit cards, my health insurance card, my debit card, and my border's reward card and that's it. All the other miscellaneous cards I used to carry around I've put in my glovebox. To carry cash I bought a burberry money clip (I got mine off of ebay because I'm a cheap bastard). It's taken a little getting used to, but I so much prefer it now.
I used to always, always, always take my wallet out of my pocket every time I got in the car. Sitting on a big thick wallet under one ass cheek not only hurts after awhile but it throws your hips and spine out of whack. I can't tell you how many times I got out of my car and forgot to take my wallet with me. Plus I wear suits to work so its nice with the smaller wallet to not have a big lump in my back pocket.
Just a thought.
Edit for the classy:
See how well that works? Both can go in one pocket, or keep the cash in the front, and money in the back (what I usually do) or even in a jacket breast pocket.
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