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BANG FOR THE BITE
Sporting eco-committed designers helps keep the planet from going to hell in a handbag.
COCKTAIL FACT
Likely the most expensive handbag in the world is Fendi’s “B.Bag,” retailing at$27,700.
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Is quitting cold turkey the only way to beat handbag addiction?
The Bite
An Ideal Bite team member, Sara, has a problem. She’s addicted to handbags. There are literally not enough days in the month to match the number of clutches in her closet. Until we locate a treatment center for her clutch compulsion, we’re weaning her with planet-healthy bags by designers with an eco-cause.
The Benefits
- Even manbags (or, if you prefer, murses) come in eco-friendlier styles nowadays. Creative designers are finding innovative ways to incorporate recycled materials into surprisingly stylish bags.
- Many brands, like the ones we’ve listed below, have made personal commitments to the environment, donating some takings to non-profits.
- Keep concerned friends and family from intervening in your over-the-shoulder problem!
Personally Speaking
For years Jen has carried a fake leather bag she got in Chinatown that is big enough to hold her SIGG bottle (that goes with her wherever she goes) when about town. Heather sneaks her lipstick and wallet into Jen’s bag so she can prance around footloose and bag-free.
Wanna Try?
- Aveda Celeb Handbags Auction - designers teamed up with celebs like Kirsten Dunst and Ellen Degeneres to create star-studded handbags that are being auctioned on Ebay right now! All profits go to the NRDC.
- HER Design Handbags and Laptop Covers - we are all huge fans. Uber-chic and made from organic cotton canvas and tree-tapped wild rubber that is like the softest leather (prices vary,free shipping over $50).
- Ecoist - uses manufacturer-discarded (not used) candy wrappers and the like to make hot clutches ($58).
- Vy and Elle Town Traveler - billboards born-again as handbags ($68).
- Alchemy Goods Haversack - guy-friendly bags made from recycled seatbelts and inner tubes ($88).
Jun 09,2006
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As some of you know, although I live in MT, and prior to MT was in NY (where I met the lovely Mizz Stephenson), I am really a southern belle (ha) that hails from Atlanta.
When I lived there in my rockstar days after college, my BBF (Susan Storey, now Hildreth, thanks to me dating her husband's brother; yes I took one for the team) and I lived near midtown - where there happened to be a higher gay population. Well one night this crazy MF went around setting all the cute pink houses on fire.. guess he wasn't comfy with his own sexuality and was acting out. Just so happened that a friend of ours, David Drexler, lived in a pink house. And it just so happened that his very annoying girlfriend from Boca Raton had just moved in.
I will never forget David telling us the story... as he awoke to the panicked call of his friend telling him to get out quick, David grabbed his cat and a photo album and made for the dark hallway, only to trip and fall flat on his face. He and annoying girlfriend made it outside after much confusion, and he asked what all that sh*t was in the hallway .... HER GUCCI and PRADA bags! All 10 of them, lined up ready to be freaking rescued.
I am grateful of two things: 1) David's house wasn't blown up, and 2) He immediately broke up with her after that incident.
And me? Well, I do get a touch of bag envy when I see someones bag matching their shoes and all that, but then I am like, "I would rather have a horse than a bag collection."
You?
Off to ride... literally - Jen
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Posted by: melanie | June 09, 2006 at 08:16 AM