High-End Green Bags?

Ragil in Eco Friendly, Handbags — September 16th, 2008

If you read wikipedia, green bags mean inexpensive reusable shopping bags. These bags are meant to carry groceries and to replace plastic bags that have been making great contributions to global warming. These bags are meant to help cooling down our lovely planet earth on the lowest price possible. But, fashion people have simply changed that.

Who would not love to be seen carrying meat and veggies in Anya Hindmarch’s I’m Not A Plastic Bag? These bags were low in bucks but somehow the prices sky rocketed due to drastic difference in low supply vs high demand. It was a Limited Edition vs Unlimited People who were willing to pay so much for the bag.

Most green bags only cost a buck, but buying a bag that has no fashion statement whatsoever left me with a light flush of guilty. I have some though, but I got them for free. And unless I can wear it for other than carrying groceries, I’d rather spend a bit more for cool colorful green bags on Baggu Bags.

Which is the reason why we craved to have Anya Hindmarch’s I’m Not a Plastic Bag, and why smart people use the ‘excuse’ of green bags when what they want to sell is really ‘fashion’ and ‘brands’. And so today Walmart and Carrefour have more competitors that are from different levels.

These designer green bags are the answers. You can wear it to fancier places other than pasar and Carrefour. Although some of them are not wallet-friendly, they are extremely environmentally friendly. But then again, anyone who tosses them in the bin must be crazy.

*Images sources: New York Daily News, Bag Ladies, Purse Blog, Getty Images and Fashion Row

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cj

I think I’m in love with the Prada’s one..

September 16th, 2008 at 9:09 am
cheyqua

awww nice article ragil!! me likey the prada one!

September 16th, 2008 at 9:24 am
cocomomo

Emang udah saatnya kita pake produk ramah lingkungan Kalo ngga mulai sekarang lalu kapan lagi dong??

September 16th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Koukla

Nice article Ragil! Keren2 emang ya totesnya. Tp kalo gue sih tetep pake tas gue yg biasa dan tas kanvas buat belanjanya gue selipin di dalem tas dan dikeluarin kalo pas emang mau belanja aja. Tas kanvasnya juga dapet gretongan dari acara ultah anaknya temen gue, gambar depannya Elmo! Hahaha emak2 banget sih gue…

September 16th, 2008 at 9:52 am
shibuya_gal

gw pilih rootote. nyimpannya gampang karena bisa dilipat kecil sehingga bisa diselipin kedalam handbag. terus designya lucu2.

September 16th, 2008 at 10:39 am
babybayi

like all the bags

September 16th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
dunia_dandan

How can one be a green by buying more and more “green” bags?

Apalagi kalo tinggal di luar, di mana supermarketnya udah banyak nawarin pake paper bag, ya kenapa gak reuse dan reuse aja lagi paper bag itu?

I’m kinda sick with this green bag movement karena justru banyak perusahaan2 yang memanfaatkan pangsa pasar, dan banyak konsumen yang merasa green tapi malah beli lagi, beli lagi tas green itu (yg berarti makin banyak sampah).

Ofkors, I’m for green bag movement yang sejati.

And I dont call myself green, not at all :). Makeup gw segitu..

September 17th, 2008 at 3:46 am
dsply

humm……
being green means we use everything wisely and properly, right?
so just pick one of those bags -the prada perhaps - and use it for everything forever -yea, forever-..

the eco friendly season is now and forever

September 17th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Lena

ragil, nice blog.

apart from the fact that they are reusable shopping bags, some of these ‘green’ bags are also made from recycled material, another plus point to get them.

tapi yang gak branded juga banyak lho ya lucu, gretongan malah. cuma gue kok masi jarang liat orang di indonesia yg bawa sendiri tas u/ tempat belanjaannya, justru di pasar tradisional sering liat (yg sering sih versi mbok2 tas besar jaring2 dari plastik itu lho). dan di supermarket, kalo ndak gue perhatiin bener2, si mbaknya malah masukin ke plastik dulu, baru masukin ke tas gue, halah!

September 17th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Ragil

ladies.. tengkyu yah.. seneng tulisan pertama gw yg dimuat dapet sambutan meriah hehehe *norak*

cj, cheyqua, yg prada lucu banget yah.. itu salah satu inspirasi gue nulis ini.. hehe

Koukla haha itu dia.. emang si high-end ini buat orang2 yang kelebihan finansial. punya gue sendiri dapet gratis waktu belanja di Oz, kebetulan warnanya hot pink. Even tho I don’t think pink suits me, gue cinta banget sama tas itu.. laki gue aja suka minjem hihihi

Deb.. that’s so true, by buying more and more green bags.. Well.. ini bisa buat orang yg rela spend a lot dan belom punya green bag hehehe.

Lena.. yep yep recycled material intinya makanya dibilang green bags juga.

Hari ini gue liat di food hall ‘green bag’ terbuat dari bekas plastik cuci piring kayak mama lemon itu.. lucu deh.. walaupun lebih mahal, tapi thumbsup deh buat yg bikin..

September 17th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Leony

Wah eco bag designer, duh so much for “green bag” lol.
Mendingan Benetton ecobag aja lah, murah meriah cuma 525 yen.

September 17th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
shizuoka

gw suka yg ada gambar globenya…bisa bolak balik gitu…keren…

September 18th, 2008 at 9:20 am
lovemybags

LOL i actually have the Louis Vuitton street shopper bag like the one posted on the right bottom :p
and it’s not meant to be a “green” bag i think, because it’s made of woven leather

tapi kalo dulu jaman gua masih smp/sma, which is like 10 years ago LOL, g suka pake green bag nya dari body shop, kan dulu pernag nge trend juga tuhhh

September 22nd, 2008 at 2:44 am
nittah

skrg gw k mana2 pasti bw green bag..mostly dari spore, kan sering dapet kalo beli spokat. pastinya selalu ada di tiap handbag. terakhir i used it waktu belanja di hypermart. mungkin krn blm pada ‘ngeh’, akhirnya gw diliatin…tp bodo amat…i love ma world secara…

September 23rd, 2008 at 4:52 am
decquita

iya nih.. jd kepikiran bwt bwa green bag ‘gaya’ tiap pergii !! we go green !!

October 2nd, 2008 at 9:26 pm

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