Old Magazine, Newspaper & Phonebook Pages Make Spiffy New Recycled Bags!

They say that a woman can never have enough bags...or is it jewelry?

In either case, ladies love their accessories, but the truth is that we are conditioned into thinking that we need to constantly replenish our wardrobes with new pieces each season in order to be considered fashionably relevant.

Who says that new is the best?

I'm almost convinced that it's cooler to be a greenie than a mainstreamer these days, not just because we're trying to save the planet, but also because the movement tests the innovation and creativity of artists, designers and pretty much the entire human race.

From a sheerly superficial fashionista standpoint, I have never seen a more fantastic, cutting-edge selection of pocketbook designs using really surprising materials than in recent years.

We've covered so many of them on Greenwala already, from messenger bags made with scrap leather/fabric, bags created from inner tubes, some made with cork, others made from old leather jackets and magazines to recycled video game and traffic sign bags.

I can't imagine any female in her right mind declaring that any of the bags mentioned above are inferior to their new, virgin made counterparts -- in fact, there's no contest!

Everything old CAN be new again, and another company (UrthBags) is stepping up to the plate with a range of pocketbooks that repurpose very common materials in eye-pleasing ways.

Their collection of recycled magazine bags are different from what one Greenwala member recently posted about because these are made waterproof via salvaged exterior plastic (unlike the other design which has to be kept out of the rain).

Available in 5 different styles, no two designs will ever be alike since UrthBags harvests entirely different magazine pages for each.

That same principle applies to their woven recycled newspaper bags (available in 3 styles) and their recycled telephone book bag (pictured above and available in just one style...but it's cool).

With bags being made out of candy/snack bar wrappers, juice pouches and even old umbrellas, I can't wait to see what designers are going to think of next!

Photo credits: piercemattiepublicrelations.com/AmandaChe_handbags_fashion.jpg, eco-handbags.ca, urthbags.com