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Trade Boring Bags for Bright Raffia

Blythe Copeland

By Blythe Copeland
Great Neck, NY, USA | Thu Aug 21, 2008 07:00 AM ET

Think of straw bags, and what likely comes to mind is the giant straw tote your grandmother used to take to the beach. Then think again: Laurel Brandstetter and Jamila Hubbard of Mad Imports have a very different idea. Their bags—handmade from renewable raffia and cotton and imported from Madagascar and Kenya—are made of eye-poppingly bright stripes, hand-embroidered flowers, and carved wooden handles. Try the sleek Isadora clutch with its black boabab tree on a neon background or the beachy Opal with a rainbow sunburst. These are definitely not your grandma’s bags.

More on plastic bag alternatives:
Modbury: A Year Without Plastic Bags

More on sustainable carryalls: Eco Luggage

Other uses for raffia:
Phillip Jeffries Natural Wallcoverings

(via sprig.com)

 
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