Recycled Bags
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Escama Bags
Escama Studio combines sustainable design with fair trade principles to create a new breed of alluring fashion accessories.
Based in San Francisco, Escama Studio works directly with two Brazilian craft cooperatives – Cia do Lacre and As Panteras do Lacre – to design and produce these sleek, modern pieces using traditional crochet techniques and recycled aluminum pull-tabs.
Industry experts warned us that we'd run out of aluminum pull-tabs and advised that we'd need to use machines to get consistent quality.
Luckily experts are sometimes wrong.
Four years and 25,000 bags later we've learned that craftswomen can do something that machines can't: make consistently beautiful bags that are at the same time very personal. We've also learned that the world's abundance of ‘junk’ offers a lot of creative potential.
Escama Studio is grateful for the technical and managerial assistance provided by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE) in their efforts to develop groups of artisan production as small enterprises.
The Jimi Wallet
Whether you're looking for an everyday wallet, a travel wallet, or you are simply determined to get more organized, the Jimi Wallet translucent shell helps you move streamline all your important cards and ids.
Vy&Elle Bags
Fashionable green products made from recycled materials. These bags from Vy & Elle are made from recycled vinyl billboards.
Vinyl billboards are used nationwide as temporary banner advertisements and are usually discarded into landfills where they create toxic pollution. However, the strength of PVC vinyl makes it an ideal material for reuse. And because of the different images printed on the vinyl, it's even more interesting as a fabric. With random colors and designs, every bag is unique, becoming art for everyday use.
We hope you share our enthusiasm for our recycled products. So far, Vy&Elle has recycled more than 100 tons of billboard vinyl. This project is helping to reduce waste in our landfills and to encourage recycling programs within the billboard industry.