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Can Tab Clutches

‘Escama Studio' CrochetsTotes from Your Empties (UPDATE)

— July 4, 2009 — Fashion
Wearable art is everywhere you look if you look hard enough. That includes the soda pop can you just finished drinking and tossed in the garbage.

A clever and oh so eco-friendly design studio with roots in Brazil and California, has taken recycled aluminium tab tops from soda pop cans and created a fresh and clean line of handbags, belts and jewelry. Escama Studio is based in California and works with Brazilian artist groups to produce fashion accessories with an eco-friendly mandate.

Local Brazilian women are the crochet masterminds behind the line that’s designed in both studios. Each piece is made from post-consumer and other sustainable materials. Yet one would never know when drooling over such sleek and sexy pieces as the Tonia Wristlet, Leda Cut Out Clutch, or Lenilda Chain Bag.

Eco-friendly fashion that shines on your shoulder or wrist? I’ll take two, and hold the Diet soda please!
Trend Themes
1. Wearable Art - Using recycled aluminum tab tops from soda pop cans to create fashion accessories.
2. Eco-friendly Fashion - Designing sleek and sexy handbags, belts, and jewelry from post-consumer and sustainable materials.
3. Crochet Innovations - Collaborating with local Brazilian women who are crochet masterminds to produce unique fashion pieces.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion - Exploring the potential of using recycled materials and sustainable practices to create stylish and eco-friendly fashion accessories.
2. Sustainability - Developing innovative solutions for recycling aluminum tab tops and other post-consumer materials.
3. Artisan Crafts - Supporting and promoting unique craftsmanship through collaborations with local artists and designer studios.
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