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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Kate Carter

It's in the bag

Ethical bags
Use UK source their leather from the cast-offs of the furniture industry, which would otherwise end up on landfill. So from a rejected DFS sofa you can instead have a gorgeous bag. All the bags are one-offs, individually made

Reclaimed leather bag, £115
By Use UK
Buy online at thenaturalstore.co.uk

 Photograph: PR
Ethical bags
The most common reaction to Matt and Nat's fantastic range of bags is "I don't believe that's not leather". This pewter bag treads the fine line between fashionable and classic, and no cows went to an early meeting with their maker

'Julia' bag, £80
By Matt and Nat
Buy online at mattandnat.co.uk Photograph: PR
Ethical bags
Hetty Rose makes the most covetable shoes from recycled kimono fabric, but if you prefer your vintage prints clutched in your hands, not wasted on the ground, this bag will keep you very happy. You can even order one to match your Hetty Rose shoes

Kimono clutch bag, £135
By Hetty Rose
Buy online at thenaturalstore.co.uk Photograph: PR
Ethical bags
The wonderful print makes this otherwise simple summery tote. La Vie Devant Soie bags and accessories are handmade in Cambodia using fabric off-cuts and scraps heading for landfill

Print bag, £45
By La Vie Devant Soie
Buy online at adili.com Photograph: PR
Ethical bag
Ganesha is a Fairtrade company, working with co-operatives and producer associations in India. This simple leather bag at a great price will go with any outfit

Leather bag, £39.99
By Ganesha
Buy online at ganesha.co.uk Photograph: PR
Ethical bags
Whether it's good or bad news is debatable, but the It bag has come to ethical fashion. Apparently Natalie Portman's arm candy of choice, the Vegan Queen bag is true eco luxury - even the lining is organic cotton. The bag comes in its own cotton dust bag - and you can always tell a bag is posh if it arrives inside its own sleeping bag

Boston bag, £475
By Vegan Queen
Buy online at fashion-conscience.com Photograph: PR
Ethical bags
Prints - or the "global traveller" look, as Grazia would have it - are set to be everywhere this summer. This vegan bag (the trimming is faux leather) is made by a Hong Kong-based company that employs and trains refugees and former drug addicts in some of the poorest areas of Asia

Batik print tote, £65
By Dialog
Buy online at fashion-conscience.com Photograph: PR
Banana bag
A slightly eccentric but nevertheless practical shape, this jute bag even has special pockets designed to make your iPod-listening easier

Banana bag, £60
By Simple Shoes
Buy online at thenaturalstore.co.uk Photograph: PR
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