Whether you have a wad of crisp Benjamins or a few crumpled dollar bills to your name, there's no reason why your wallet should look like it's been tumbled through the dryer, bludgeoned by the Demon Barber of Fletcher Street and stomped on by that hideous Cloverfiled creature. Besides, you can't have a fly purse and then whip out a ripped canvas wallet stained with coffee and covered in dirt. That's like wearing chunky white socks with Jimmy Choo shoes. Kena Kai, an edgy lifestyle company based in Los Angeles, can give us a lesson or two on staying organized -- and doing so with swagger. Their e-commerce site is packed with prime Italian leather goodies: everything from iPod cases (which include a practical "cord management" compartment that ensures your earbud headphones won't get tangled up) to ID holders (yes, the kind you loop around your neck to get past security in your office building) and computer sleeves.
But their wallets are the crown jewels. Whether you favor a long, enevelope-style wallet with a magnetic button closure or a square, zippered style, Kena Kai has something for you. Embossed ostrich skin, lizard skin, and crocodile skin styles are available in bold colors like orange, blueberry, eggplant, gold and turquoise.
One of their most convenient offerings is the DataSafe Travel Series Set, which comes with a leather wallet (featuring an exterior coin compartment, up to 14 credit card slots, a full-length cash pocket, two full-length pockets for receipts or miscellaneous paperwork, and a pen-holding loop) and a passport holder (which has such clever features as a secure pocket for your passport, a slot tailor-made for your boarding pass, and seven credit card slots). The set is available in a green or blue (both colors are pictured above).
And, get this: these Kena Kai products feature a patent-pending, exclusive DataSafe Technology which uses multiple layers (up to 21 for the wallet and 9 for the passport holder) of radio-frequency shielding material to protect your personal info against wireless identity theft. As you probably know, Big Brother is monitoring our every move these days and embedding our personal information on licenses, passports, credit cards and, well, everything (how long before we have microchips embedded in our brains? Geesh!). And, while it's nuts, it's a reality -- as is the fact that all this data can be retrieved by nerdy hackers/thieves with relative ease, making it a breeze for them to assume your identity and mess up your credit line. And trust: you don't wanna end up with your credit being so crappy that you can only get a gig dressing like a pirate at Red Lobster with an eyepatch and fake parrot on your shoulder (ever seen that Free Credit Report commercial?!) So you better be safe before you end up really, really sorry. Invest in some Kena Kai gear 'cause like the Wu said, you gotta protect ya neck.
Kena Kai Embossed Italian Leather Passport Wallet in Blue Croc, $119; Kena Kai DataSafe Italian Leather Croc Embosed Wallet in Green, $149. Visit KenaKai.com
