Mon 1 Oct 2007
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Green Options, a great green site, have written an interesting guide on creating your own “Stylish and Functional Reusable Bag”.
Check it out here.
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Sat 15 Sep 2007
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Apparently the average woman will own 111 handbags in her lifetime, spending an average of £8,500. At any one time, the typical 30-year-old owns 21 bags and buys a new one every three months. Is that you?!
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Mon 30 Apr 2007
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Britain’s most prolific handbag thief, who targeted wealthy women in and around London’s West End, has been jailed for four years.
Maurice Young, 55, used a coat across his arm to conceal his fastmoving hand as he swiped purses and handbags from bars and cafés.
Young, who used 32 different aliases, stole hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of property over 35 years - and even learned how to snatch bags with his feet. Continue reading at source.
Source: Daily Mail
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Tue 10 Apr 2007
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It may not look the best, but it’s certainly different and has more power than other purses…
The secret behind the Power Purse is the solar panels. You can find these solar panels covering the entire purse. Inside are some USB ports where the owner of the purse can simply connect their gadgets and there goes the power. And it does not matter if it would be a mobile phone, an iPod, or whatever gadget she may have.
[Via Unplugged Living]
[Image via Tech Diva]
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Wed 28 Mar 2007
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Shoppers in the UK have queued for hours for a new designer bag that is on sale for just £5.
“The new eco-friendly carrier bags went on sale in Anya Hindmarch stores across Britain as part of a bid by the designer to encourage shoppers to use fewer plastic bags when shopping.”
You can read more about it here. Or see Life Goggles and their article on what to do with plastic bags.
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