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Shopping May 8, 2007 @ 9:40am

Plastic Credit Card Needed for Non-Plastic Bag

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This weekend, my friend justified her new Gucci shades like this:

“They’re more expensive, so I won’t lose them and I’ll always remember to take them with me.”

We wonder if that can also apply to designer shopping bags, like the new Stella McCartney Organic Canvas tote at left.

It retails for $495 and is meant to encourage women to abandon plastic shopping bags in favor of a luxury carryall.

We think Stella’s eco conscious brand is amazing, but $500 for a shopping bag? Eek.

On the upside, it makes $34.50 seem like nothing for a tote…

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posted by tre

May 08, 2007 10:10AM

great bag. but is it helping the cause, really?

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posted by canary

May 08, 2007 10:29AM

Grr, this is exactly what I was afraid would happen. More people would be encouraged to use canvas bags if they could actually afford them, obviously. The J. Crew one is cute though, and Marc Jacobs has some cool ones for $10-$12.

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posted by jen b.

May 08, 2007 11:47AM

who carries that stella bag?

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posted by Faran

May 08, 2007 11:48AM

the earliest way to buy one is through Stella McCartney stores.

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posted by p.

May 08, 2007 12:44PM

I'm surprised at McCartney. I always thought of her as someone seriously committed to the environment, but this is making a mockery of the cause... OK, it's ORGANIC canvas. so it can be a bit more expensive, but $495?? Somehow, I suspect the women who would be encouraged to "abandon plastic shopping bags in favor of a luxury carryall" don't really shop for their own groceries. It's fine if she wants to sell an overpriced canvas bag by the sheer power of the brand, but please spare us the righteous bullshit. And I'm getting a little sick of everyone jumping on the canvas bandwagon. It's old news, people. In more progressive countries, like Sweden, this has been going on for years. Ikea was selling a canvas shopping bag for 9 swedish crowns 20 years ago. OK, rant's over.

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posted by amm

May 08, 2007 1:39PM

thank you tre and p., I couldn't have said it better!

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