Trash for fashion

It's so refreshing to see how many handbags, wallets and purses are being made from recycled rubbish mostly from the ever increasing rubbish dumps in third world countries such as the Phillipines, India and Cambodia.

I'm pleased to have come across Ecoist.com who have a gorgeous selection of handbags and purses made from candy wrappers, food packages, soda labels, and other waste-bound materials.

I'm clearly not the only one in love with their bags as several celebrities such as Justin Timberlake and Jessica Alba have been spotted sporting their goods. They're also good enough for Samantha Jones (actress Kim Cattrall) who wears the Mega Silver in Sex in the City 2.

My favourite would have to be their pull tag range such as the Leda bag shown on the left. This one is hand crocheted with 700 recycled aluminum pop-tops. It was also handmade in Brazil by women's cooperatives. So it's good to know that when you buy one of these bags it's going towards supporting a community in need.

Each piece is signed by the artisan that made it and for every item sold Ecoist plant a tree. Now that's committment.

To check out more of their glamourous bags go to Ecoist.com.