Years ago, the thought of theft while traveling encouraged me to move my ‘important things’ to a front pocket and I found it was easier to get to and easier to keep track of…so I ditched regular ‘wallets of old’ and have been creating minimalized-holding-mechanisms ever since. I experimented with rubber bands, leather strips, sewn elastic, etc. Life got easier a few years back when I added CardStar to my phone - less to carry.
Last year was the latest upgrade and is holding up well. It’s nothing more than one of those cable keeper strips with a hook-n-loop closure wrapped tightly around my stuff. It holds everything in place, allows me to slide things in and out with ease, is pickpocketproof and most of all, I like it. K.I.S.S. right?
Every few months I switch to a different colored strip, just 'cause.