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If you can count on one luxury brand to be capable of making a particular silhouette available in 20 different designs (colours, materials, patterns and the like) for sale at any given time, Saint Laurent would be it. Its signature Kate, for one, has an entire sub-category affectionately known as the Kate Chain Wallet, a bag (or rather, WOC) identified by a tassel dangling from those iconic YSL initials, with 20 different variations up for your consideration in stores or over at YSL’s online store here.

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Why is it a winner? For one, its leather-reinforced chain shoulder strap which comes with a drop length of approximately 60 cm is perfect for slinging easily over the shoulder or across the body. And then there’s the fact that the chain is also removable, so you can go ahead and use the Kate Chain Wallet on its own as a chic oversized clutch, the perfect size that measures some 19 cm wide and 12.5 cm high.

Besides scoring high points in terms of form (honestly, it’s hard saying no to a Saint Laurent bag armed with the gorgeous YSL initials) and function, the WOC comes furnished with six card slots, another pocket for bills and a zippered compartment that’s perfect for coins and keys. In other words, everything you possibly need on a good night out with the girls.

Priced from SGD2140, the Kate Chain Wallet is available in either croc-embossed, Grain de Poudre or smooth leather options, along with several pieces decked out in shiny metallic leather or decorated with little stars that are perfect for the upcoming holiday season. It might be hard choosing just one out of the many options available online now, but that’s what friends are for, right?

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