Fashion Tidbit:
Natural materials for the straw handbag and basket bag industries use native fibers such as abaca, raffia, lupis, tikog, bancuan, pandan and sea grass.
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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.