Thursday, September 16, 2010
Finding #3: Emily Jacobsen: Upcycled Magazine Bags
I was so excited to find these online the other day and you'd better believe I'm going to buy one! These are purses/bags/totes/wallets/clutches made out of magazine ad pages. The pages are laminated and sewn together to be "upcycled" as bags that sell from $60-$150!! I'm just assuming, but I bet their cost of goods sold is probably near $10 (labor included), what a booming business idea! I think these are creative because it is almost ironic, we are a media obsessed people and when we wear brands we are wearing advertising.. so why not just wear the ads themselves?
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these remind me of the capri sun bags! i've also seen jewelry and other things made from little coils of rolled up newspaper.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really fun way to take the capri sun bag idea further. I really enjoy that.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a girl and I don't like purses but those are pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteI love this! So cute!
ReplyDeleteThis is a brilliant business idea! Is it legal to show another brand's logo on the bag like the Giorgio Armani? I could see how people would assume this is an actual Armani bag.
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