City Bag Trade: Raincoats Recycled Into Bags

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Matt Embrey in Clothes+Accessories, DIY

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How do you combine fashion, practicality, and sustainability into one product?  Kendra Stanley’s answers this by making old raincoats into !  Her company is called City Bag Trade, and if you want to get your hands on one of her rain coat carry crafts you can buy one, you can send a jacket in trade or you can make your own from a downloadable pattern.  An excellent example of re-using and re-purposing, Kendra aims to raise awareness about the use and waste of common grocery and encourage people to use a sustainable substitute offering them a fashionable bag with a personal touch. 

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I really love this idea.  Besides looking cool and being sustainable, depending on the jacket  you use, these will have pockets and be water resistant.  Plus, I imagine you could fold the bag up and zip it into it’s own pocket, making it like a Flip & Tumble

via: Notcot

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