Eco-Fashion from Recycled Plastic Bags: Boots Bags Dresses and Jewelry

What's the globe to do with the infinite method of getting plastic bags plaguing planet earth? Several designers are turning the problem into fashionable finds for eco-savvy consumers. From dresses to wallets, see what new wearable products are being created from recycled plastic bags.
Designer Camila Labra first created Dacca boots as her means to fix a challenge made available to her at design school: to create something beyond unexpected materials. The go-go style ankle boots ended up so well the Chilean designer organizedgymbags presenting them for sale in several colors and prints (for less than $45.00) at botasdacca.blogspot.com. Each set of boots uses eight plastic bags and so are lined with cotton for comfort.
Artist Kaleah Ott of Portland, OR, asks, "why trash it when it's possible to flash it?" Her Etsy store at kaleahott.etsy.com stocks her handmade one-of-a-kind bags and wallets made out of recycled plastic bags and reclaimed soda can tabs. For every $100 in sales on her behalf site, Ott pledges an hour of volunteer help a variety of Portland area non-profits.
Making use of ubiquitous used plastic grocery bags, Ott fuses several bags together to generate a multi-layered plastic fabric she uses to make her designs. Ott offers messenger-style bags, purses, make-up bags, clutches, and small zippered pouches.
Her unique and durable PopTop Bags are craftily manufactured from soda can pop-tops and 100% nylon cord.
Ott desires to remind consumers they could always bring their used plastic grocery bags back to the store for recycling collection. "Don't try to recycle grocery bags with your curbside pick-up," she says. "Plastic grocery bags can be a frequent reason behind jams in recycling machinery as well as a leading reason behind injuries among recycling workers."
Also available at Esty are Cara Taylor's type of handbags constructed from recycled plastic shopping bags. Taylor cuts the plastic into strips, creating a yarn (or "plarn") that they then crochets into bags, coin purses, clutches, as well as bracelets. See her latest offerings at carataylor.etsy.com.
Artist Cathy Kasdan states, "There are two influences to my current work: the home economics crafts from my childhood along with the apparent not enough societal concern for that use and abuse of cloth." Kasdan creates artful clothing for example dresses, skirts, shirts, and also an Icelandic-style sweater from plastic grocery bags, seen at cathykasdan.com.
Fine jewelry made out of plastic bags could be the specialty of Anna Roebuck, who runs Bags 2 Riches designer recycling studio. Through a conglomeration of melting and manipulating techniques, Roebuck turns plastic grocery sacks into pieces for example earrings, cuff bracelets, and necklaces. Her Bubbilicious line features colorful plastic cuff bracelets having a "bubbly" gold overlay.