Feminine hygiene wallet for sanitary napkins

Feminine hygiene wallet for sanitary napkins (menstrual pads), fully lined washable with velcro closure, pink floral pattern, with original price sticker ($2.49), California Wallets, Irvine, California, 1989

If you want full access to society when you are on your period – and that includes every aspect outside of the home from work to school, travel to socialising – you need to be able to carry spare menstrual products around with you.

This ‘Feminine Hygiene Wallet’ features an all-over floral pattern, and detachable packaging aside, makes no mention of it being specifically designed to store period products. Holders like these were intended to disguise menstruation, which continues to be stigmatised in many cultures.

Contemporary discourse, however, has begun to sway the outdated idea that periods need to be concealed or disguised and instead acknowledges that they are natural part of life for a large proportion of the population.