Finally! The Ethical Desert Clutches have launched! All handmade in the UK featuring hand-picked vintage
fabrics, deadstock leather and suede, fairtrade beads, and hand-carved ox bone
steer heads.
fabrics, deadstock leather and suede, fairtrade beads, and hand-carved ox bone
steer heads.
The Leotie Lovely
Desert Collection is available on www.leotielovely.com with prices ranging from £35 ($50) for
fabric clutches, to £65 ($95) for vintage woven clutches embellished with hand
carved ox bone, hand-fringed leather and fairtrade beads.
Desert Collection is available on www.leotielovely.com with prices ranging from £35 ($50) for
fabric clutches, to £65 ($95) for vintage woven clutches embellished with hand
carved ox bone, hand-fringed leather and fairtrade beads.
10% of every sale
will be invested into a Kiva.org entrepreneur at the end of each
season.
will be invested into a Kiva.org entrepreneur at the end of each
season.
Read more about the Green Policy here: http://www.leotielovely.com/green-policy
The Story Behind The Clutches:
I have been interested in eco fashion since my early 20s
and have noticed we as a society have become disconnected from who, what, where
and how the things we own are created. The construction of these clutches is a
story in itself – a journey of time and research to upcycle and repurpose,
filling in what couldn’t be found with ethically produced products, while
ensuring everyone and everything contributing to this collection’s creation was
paid fairly and treated respectfully.
and have noticed we as a society have become disconnected from who, what, where
and how the things we own are created. The construction of these clutches is a
story in itself – a journey of time and research to upcycle and repurpose,
filling in what couldn’t be found with ethically produced products, while
ensuring everyone and everything contributing to this collection’s creation was
paid fairly and treated respectfully.
I consider myself a curator, not a designer – these fabrics
found me, not the other way around. Each clutch holds a memory of the time and
place where its material was found; it is by happenstance that each fabric fell
naturally into place to create a thematic collection.
found me, not the other way around. Each clutch holds a memory of the time and
place where its material was found; it is by happenstance that each fabric fell
naturally into place to create a thematic collection.
The places represented by the contents of this collection
are significant. The hand carved steer heads were purchased without knowing
what they’d be used for, from an artisan in Bali during a four month traveling
stint in 2012. It is serendipitous that they became the main feature for my
first collection, coalescing the vintage fabrics I hand selected while home
visiting family in Canada. These elements were further unified by assembling
the clutches with Love in London Town, my home for the past 6 years.
are significant. The hand carved steer heads were purchased without knowing
what they’d be used for, from an artisan in Bali during a four month traveling
stint in 2012. It is serendipitous that they became the main feature for my
first collection, coalescing the vintage fabrics I hand selected while home
visiting family in Canada. These elements were further unified by assembling
the clutches with Love in London Town, my home for the past 6 years.
Everyone involved with the development of these pieces from
start to finish has put a lot of time, energy and love into them making it a
really incredible process
start to finish has put a lot of time, energy and love into them making it a
really incredible process
Shop The Clutches Now: http://www.leotielovely.com/category/eco-friendly-clutches
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