I purchased the Margaux wallet in black to pair with my black sidekick in the regular size.
I’m a mom of young kids, so I need to have all the things in a throw and go bag. I typically use a card case when using a hip bag because they’re sleek and slim so I can fit more things like keys, phone, etc. in such a small bag.
I was replacing my old and worn hip bag and card case, and wanted an elevated matched set, and these were on my wishlist for a while.
While I absolutely love the quality and style of both the sidekick and the wallet, when I added all of my essentials: cards (~8), a couple of bills, and some change, it became quite thick and bulky, especially for use with the regular size sidekick.
When moderately loaded, it’s like the baseball steak of wallets. lol
In my daily use, I can fit the wallet, 2 lipsticks, lip pencil, a couple of hair ties, a spray hand sanitizer, and a couple of other small/sample sized items. That’s it.
I cannot fit my phone and/or keys in the sidekick when using this wallet, so I have to wear something with pockets, defeating the purpose of a handy hip bag.
The wallet takes up the majority of the capacity, and I have to take it right out whenever I have to get to anything else.
Again, this would be perfectly fine for use with another bag with larger capacity, but if you are exclusively wearing the sidekick as your daily purse, I would recommend using something slimmer for cards and cash, and just using a small coin pouch (or just throw your coins in the inner zipper pocket of the sidekick).
I’ll likely switch back to a card case style and keep the Margaux for use if/when I use a larger handbag or tote.
5 stars for quality and style.
3 stars for user friendliness and space saving design.
4 stars overall.