Monk Facts

Money clips are a simple, elegant way of carrying your cash, but what if you don’t want a rigid metal one, or a fragile horn one or – god forbid – a tacky plastic one? Il Micio has the answer with this hand sewn calf leather beauty. Rare-earth magnets provide more than enough force to keep even a thick wad of cash in place. Elegant, practical, light and indestructible – you want a money clip? Here it is. Japanese bespoke shoemaker Hidetaka Fukuya, who operates out of a small workshop in Florence, is renowned in menswear circles for the masterpieces he produces. Many of his shoes would fit as perfectly in a gallery as they do on their owners’ feet. Fukuya, known to locals as Il Micio or ‘the cat’, applies the same skill and precision to his leathergoods. All pieces are made by hand from the finest calfskin leather with refined finishing of the highest order. We have seen few if any small leathergoods that can match Il Micio’s pieces, they are sure to gain a cult following in the coming years.