The Bite:
Want a belt that'll make your outfit sing? Try one made from recycled materials like reclaimed leather that put the fashion back in your fasten, without being too, um, loud.
Eco-Belts
Belt It Out: Apparel Basics Week
09.16.2009
Submitted by tmeronek on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 11:00pm.
The Benefits:
- Styles worth shouting about. Believe it: Inner tubes, magazines, and fan belts make for surprisingly chic accessories.
- Sounding good from an environmental perspective. Using perfectly good used materials cuts down on waste.
- Hitting the right health notes. The less of the leather-tanning chemical (and carcinogen) chromium we unleash on the world, the better.
Personally Speaking:
They don't let you order online, but we spied a rack of trendy, recycled-suede skinny belts on our last H&M run.
Wanna Try:
- Ashley Watson Button Belts - handmade recycled leather belts with biggish buttons; great with blousy shirts ($90). Enter the code 10biteb during checkout, and get 10% off until Sep. 22.
- Urge to Adorn Brown Flowers Belt Buckle - made of lead-free pewter and nontoxic polish, with a vintage paper illustration on top = retro cool. Check out more options ($73).
- Ting Belts - rugged-chic belts made from vintage leather, many with cool studs and embossing details ($62-$150).
- Roseana Rocha Color Fest Belt - colorful belt made from recycled magazines rolled into cylinders ($43). Enter the code NOVICA243 during checkout, and get $10 off.
- Alchemy Goods Belt - our most guy-friendly pick: surprisingly leatherlike belts made from bike inner tubes ($38). Enter the code idealagbelt during checkout, and get 15% off until Oct. 7.
Cocktail Fact
Intending to protect them from aggressive male customers, massage parlors in Batu, Indonesia require their lady masseuses to wear chastity belts.
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Biters buy a belt made from recycled leather instead of a conventional belt, we'll keep the weight of about 24 singers in animal hide out of landfills, not to mention avert the use of toxic leather-tanning chems.
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