The primary focus of this blog is to look at the most current and fashionable designs in the world of wholesale handbags. This means that we discuss all different styles and designers like Chanel and Hermes, but there is a whole other world where the western style handbags aren’t made by traditional designers. Forget the faux fur and leather, how would you like a bag made out of duct tape and plastic shopping bags?
According to the Express Tribune, there is a young designer who makes designer bags out of the plastic that you might throw away in the trash. This man, Murtaza Bukhari, does his work in Pakistan, an area with little emphasis on the importance of keeping the environment clean:
“ ‘…Bukhari’s concern about the environment and a desire to play his part, began at an early age. “I was always concerned about the environment,’ he says. ‘Karachi, like any other developing and teeming metropolis, faces problems of plastic waste that pollute the landscape.’”
According to the profile, he takes pieces of plastic that he finds littering the streets and turns them into designer handbags, with each bag taking about an hour to complete. Bukhari has done a lot of research, discovering that there is a market for these bags and he may be the only one going for it:
“…[he] says his bags are now appealing to older and younger audiences as well. He says the bright colours and packaging of these plastic waste items attract consumers to buy his products. ‘The ability to extend the usefulness of this colourful packaging, only serves to validate the need to create a new role in fashionable handbags for the conscientious buyer,’ he says.”
With such an emphasis on being eco-friendly and courteous with the environment all over the world, Bukhari’s take on the designer handbag is definitely getting a lot of attention. How soon do you think our favorite western style handbags will be made from our plastic bags?
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