Straw Bags, Hobo Bags, Tote Bags & Summer Handbags

Fashion Tidbit: Tote bag is an adaptation of the paper shopping bag. Totes come in many different sizes. Modern tote bags are sturdy with an open top entry and two strap handles. The inside construction of a tote bag may have zippered compartments. Tote bags are popular because they are casual and handy for carrying items.

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Another Fashion Tidbit: Wicker comes from different natural materials that handbag manufacturers converts into the most sought after items of fashion and design. Some of the most common wicker raw materials include reed, rattan and bamboo. The word wicker is believed to be of Scandinavian origin. "Wika" which means to bend in Swedish, and "vikker" meaning willow. By definition wicker means any sort of hard woven plant fiber formed into a useful object. Wicker also refers to a construction technique where slender flexible branches or twigs are woven around a coarser frame.

Some of the materials used in these handbags are shells, wood, coco, plant fibers such as abaca, raffia, pandan, bancuan, tikog and other natural but sustainable straw handbag materials.

Pandan: The magic change-over of useless shoreline shrubs to priceless collectibles, is what the story of the Pandan is all about. Pandan, sometimes called screw pines, are tropical shrubs. They got the name screw pines because their leaves are similar to those of the pineapple and grow from the stem in corkscrew fashion. These otherwise useless shrubs are creatively woven into beautiful baskets, straw bags and handbags.