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“The real environmental damage done when we shop, whether we use paper, plastic or cloth bags, is generally in what we buy and how we get to the store,” he wrote. “All the canvas bags in the world won?...
Whole Foods stores in New York City recently marketed 20,000 canvas bags created by British designer Anya Hindmarch, and though the store sold the bags for a mere $15, interested buyers can now find them on eBay for over ten times as much.
And last month in Taiwan, 30 people were sent to the hospital after a stampede of people tried to buy similar canvas bags. Riot police were required to ease the crowd, The New York Times reported.
That kind of crazed demand for a hot accessory is nothing new, but this particular must-have accessory certainly is. The most coveted bag of the year is not a Birkin or even one of Hindmarch's own luxurious metallic bags, but a humble $15 canvas tote meant to lug...
She's not the only entrepeneur trying to change the world one purse at a time. Working with the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), Presidential niece and model Lauren Bush has designed the FEED Bag - a stylish but sturdy tote bag made of brown sacking and white canvas. The proceeds...