Conscious Fashion: Backpacks From Up-Cycled Upholstery

Women's Fair Fashion
Written By By Henrietta

Eco-Friendly :: Artisan Made :: VEGAN

This gorgeous little backpack was handmade in Barcelona by NUMON, who reuse household textiles such as bedcovers, tablecloths, upholstery, curtains and sheets to create unique and useful accessories for everyday use.

If you've been following our blog, you'll know that we're big fans of up-cycled fashion, as it's such a great way to reduce environmental impact, and to give new life to pre-used materials. Like these bags and wallets made from recycled seatbelts.

This particular bag shown here is made from recycled upholstery, with vegan leather straps. We came across it through Velvety - an Australian online store selling ethically-made, eco-friendly, vegan products.

What do you think.. do you like this bag?

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Other vegan, fair fashion items featured in this post:

By Henrietta

Henrietta is the 'daughter' half of the Future King & Queen mother-daughter duo, and is the face you'll find in front of a camera. She strives to live gently on this earth, and to make the world a kinder, fairer place.

Henrietta is a recent graduate with a degree in Commerce + a diploma in French, and has a passion for using business skills to drive positive social change. She works in ethical fashion, and is also a model for ethical and sustainably minded brands (drop her a line here if you'd like to work with her). 

After being vegetarian for many years, and gradually transitioning towards veganism, she attended a panel discussion 2 years ago on the dairy industry (held by Voiceless). From then on, it made complete sense to commit to a fully vegan lifestyle, as a way of being compassionate towards animals, the environment and people.

It was then a natural progression to consider the impacts of her other daily decisions, and so her interest in ethical fashion and sustainably minded living in general was born.

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