FEET UP
TEABAG STYLE
Gracious Dube (33) crafts handmade purses from Rooibos teabags. Originally from
Zimbabwe, she was living in Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay, Cape Town and got involved with Original T-Bag Designs, a company
started by Jill Heyes as a social responsibility project to help impoverished women. The former art teacher trained Gracious in various mediums and encouraged her to try creating new products. Carine Khalil, a French fashion designer who specialises in upcycling, was holidaying in the Cape when she spotted Gracious’s Rooibos teabag purses at the V&A Waterfront. Carine helped her redesign the purse to make it more suitable for the Paris market.
The silk-lined item now retails for €26 at
Carine’s fashion and decor boutique, Ithemba Design Ethik, in Paris.
“Carine knows the ins and the outs of the fashion industry,” says Gracious, “and she’s given me a lot of advice to help me grow my business.”
Her bag for the South African market is sold at Original T-Bag Designs. Visit:
www.tbagdesigns.co.za
ON-THE-GO POWER Love to be out in nature hiking? When your tech power’s dwindling, Outdoor Tech’s
Kodiac 2.0 Power Bank (R599) is an on-the-go energy outlet with 6 000mAh of charge capacity. That’s enough to charge your GoPro or help you survive a cross-country road trip with your family… without losing your mind. Power up to keep on snapping, gramming and checking in. It has a rugged, portable design (water-proof, dust-proof and shock-proof housing) and dual power outlets. You’d have to be a Darwin Awards winner to stop the Kodiac 2.0! Visit:
www.luksbrands.co.za
THE LAST STRAW!
According to
Ecocycle.org, in the USA alone, 500 million drinking straws are
used daily. These single-use plastics end up in our oceans and on our shorelines. Many restaurants are banning the plastic straw, so why not follow suit and get your own stylish, sustainable
alternative? Stream Straws off ers elegant straws which are handmade in highly durable borosilicate glass, sourced from Germany. They come in a handy hemp sleeve, so you can carry them around with you. Visit:
www.streamstraws.com
MAKING TRASH USEFUL Trashplast is a partnership between ECO-oh!,
a Belgian specialist in collecting, cleaning and transforming household garbage into new raw material, and Italian company Ecopixel, which transforms thermoplastic materials into products. According to their press release: “Thermoplastic is a circular material made from 100% trash = household garbage! It’s a relatively structural material, ideal for outdoor products, water-resistant and watertight… lightweight, infl ammable, scratch-resistant and easily shaped.” Trashplast made its fi rst public
appearance recently at the Salone del Mobile 2018. It formed part of the Ventura Future exhibition, which presented visions for the future from 82 designers. Visit:
www.trashplast.com
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