CARPET BAGS HANDMADE HANDBAGS
made in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
All Carpet bags are handmade using the finest viscose and cotton carpets with traditional Persian designs, fully lined with black cotton twill lining, and handmade to last. Animal friendly materials.
Carpet Bags is a well established British manufacturer of timeless handmade craft accessories made formerly in Suffolk and now in Cambridgeshire, UK. Their products are admired and appreciated
Handmade handbags and travel bags that make unusual gift items for this season as well as personal treasures of the highest quality that will last and last, and all hand crafted in England. Handcrafted in Suffolk from 'Silkie' carpet fabricated from cotton and viscose (fibre from plant cellulose) and are therefore biodegradable in time. The material is woven especially for the Carpet Bag company and is very hard wearing and tactile verging on sensuous! The black cotton twill lining is best they can find and is used in all the bags
(except Cosmo)
TAGO DESIGN
Tago Design was launched in Akita, north of Japan in 2005, producing handmade bags from a small workshop made with traditional Japanese materials such as vintage kimonos and Washi paper. Each bag is carefully handmade producing only limited numbers. Animal friendly materials.
ESPE
ESPE bags and accessories are a Canadian company that produces animal friendly products; bags and accessories. They use quality faux leather with very decorative unique designs.
The designs are fun and uplifting. Their products can be described as distinctive, fun and affordable. The quality is impeccable and have ultimate functionality.
100% cruelty free, which is very important to the company.
ESPE was founded officially in 2004, but the die was cast many years before. Against a backdrop of uninspiring products the designer of ESPE thought the climate for change in the late 1990s and early naughties needed a boost of new creativity. ESPE arose like a breath of fresh air.
"ESPE is not only made from raw materials, but polished talent" (quote from ESPE) On their launch people were thrilled with these new designs. The products are made from
polyurethane durable synthetic leather completely cruelty free.
AMY KATHRYN
“We are animal friendly and eco-friendly in our materials and attitude” Quote from Amy Hall.
High quality fabrics!
The designer Amy Hall is responsible for the stylish bags of Amy Kathryn. She was raised in Phoenix Arizona. Hall has an academic CV in Art History and Anthropology. In her early career she designed fabrics and accessories. Amy has an excellent pedigree in design.
Each bag is hand printed with beautiful patterns on fabric. Amy Hall’s inspiration was born out of childhood memories of the changing interiors she was brought up with. The hand printing of her bags may vary in shade, which makes every handbag unique. The sensational colours chosen are found in nature. The fabrics are combined with animal friendly faux leathers. Her customers include many celebrities.
For the future Amy Hall will seek to manifest her desire to incorporate her eco-friendly philosophy into all aspects of production and design.
SUSAN NICHOLE
Susan Nichole handbags was founded in 2004 to provide beautiful, functional handbags. The handbags are designed to be elegant, stylish and fun loving just like the people who carry them. Reflective of an animal friendly principle the bags are made of man-made leather and natural materials that have no animal products.
ENGLISH RETREADS
Vintage Rubber recycled
Shifting Gears
Heather English got the idea for English Retreads when she was floating down Boulder Creek on, you guessed it, an inner tube. “I needed a new handbag but I was a hardcore vegetarian. I wanted something that was fashionable and invincible—but not made from leather,” Heather explains. “I didn’t find what I was looking for, so I went to McGuckin's, [a favorite local hardware store] bought some tools and started my own personal sweatshop—with me doing the sweating.” After friends started asking for a bag just like hers, Heather knew she was on to something and English Retreads hit the road in 2001.
Truck stops in the Boulder area supply Heather with the used inner tubes—each of which probably has more than 60,000 miles on it before it gets reinvented. "Just think of all the places these tubes have been," says Heather. "Now it's your turn to add to their miles and adventures."
English Retreads was founded in the early 2000s by a vegetarian named Heather English. Again she was seeking something different from what was on offer. These bags are cool and trendy and brilliantly adapted by recycling inner tubes and converting them into dynamic bags. Many of the bags have travelled 60,000 miles before arriving on your shoulder.
Big wheels keep on turning out high-mileage fashion for the long haul. At English Retreads, we turn recycling into a bold fashion statement with our unique handbags and accessories. Designed specifically for conscientious consumers and savvy fashionistas, each one-of-a-kind English Retreads product is handcrafted from reclaimed truck inner tubes—made in Boulder, Colorado.
One hundred percent vegan, our materials are an ecologically sound alternative to animal products. And even though their bags are designed to keep on truckin' forever, it's always good to buy a spare.
100% animal free
BIG BUDDHA BAGS
Big Buddha produce wonderful vegan leather bags and their creator is the designer Jeremy Bassan. The bags are made of good quality synthetic leather.
Jeremy Bassan is from Santa Barbara in California. This young ambitious designer is responsible for the state-of-the-art styles we see emerging from the Big Buddha Company. Big Buddha is also eco-friendly, affordable and fun. Jeremy Bassan has ‘hands on’ involvement in the process of every aspect of production and keeps Big Buddha at the cutting edge of design and style by continually evolving to meet the demands of the twenty first century woman. The handbags are made for women of all ages and can be used for all occasions from classic to playful, always meeting the changing fashion trends.
Since it's launch there has been tremendous press coverage for it’s ‘stand out’ style and versatility.
Big Buddha handbags are recommended by The Professional
FAIR TRADE
The Fair Trade jewellery and bags on Feelgoodhandbags, is very unique and stylish, all made by small communities.
DOY BAGS
The lovely Doy bags are colourful, strong, vibrant and very reasonably priced. They are quite unique and of course help to sustain the communities with work for the women's cooperative in the Philippines, using recycled juice packets and transforming them into colourful and functional bags!
Natural Nomads is a family business with fair-trade ethics based in Devon, and is recognized as a fair-trade importer by the British Association For Fair Trade Shops, (BAFTS). We have a selection of hemp and cotton bags with colourful vegetable dyes. The embroidery thread is polyester. Designed in the UK and manufactured in Nepal.
Dialog are:
"Based on fair trade networking, Dialog focuses on creating high fashion products that are glamorous, bohemian and fun!
The Designers:
Cassandra Postema grew up in Singapore, Yokohama, Vienna, Eindhoven and Taipei, visiting much of Asia before the age of 11. She was a New Generation Award winner at London Fashion Week prior to returning to Asia.
Dong Shing Chiu was born in Malaysia's Borneo, grew up in Malaysia and London, and studied fashion with printed textiles there at Central St Martins with Cassandra.
Quote from Dialog:
"----Our signature is a recycling technique from Malaysia that incorporates small origami folded squares of mixed scrap fabrics. To make the trim we work with charities within local communities such as drug rehab centers, women empowerment initiatives, vocational training and community development projects instigating workshops that develop skills, create income and lead to sustainable employment.
----We also raise funds for various projects around Asia which we are involved in or know people who are, by creating limited edition t-shirts called Hopetees. They can be bought in bulk, or sold on consignment. All proceeds go to charity.
----We launched World Butik in 2009, creating more fashion forward bags and clutches made from beautiful hand crafted textiles found throughout Asia"
NICA HANDBAGS
Brand NIca is the brainchild of Nica Kim. Soft and dreamy vegan leathers, good enough to eat. NICA handbags are affordable, functional, and luxurious to the touch. You know the saying "From little acorns Big oak trees grow". This is the story of Brand Nica.Kim worked originally as a graphic designer. From South Korea Kim ventured over to England and attended the London College of Fashion. Her designs were immediately successful and the business is still growing from it's inception in 2005.
Her style is relaxed, simple and quirky - Kim's words. She is inspired by just about everything, colours, everyday activities, market places a whole eclectic mix of ideas. She admires the work of George Lepape, illustrator and Gustav Klimt, artist from the art deco period. Romantic, elusive tactile.
