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Reclaimed Leather Handbags: When "Green Style" Actually Works

First Posted: 7/11/09 Updated: 5/25/11

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For San Francisco designer Shannon South, a worn leather jacket, aged to perfection, presents the ultimate blank canvas. The founder of reMade USA mines thrift stores for preloved leather clothing that she upcycles into foxy, one-of-a-kind clutches and purses.

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For San Francisco designer Shannon South, a worn leather jacket, aged to perfection, presents the ultimate blank canvas. The founder of reMade USA mines thrift stores for preloved leather clothing tha...
For San Francisco designer Shannon South, a worn leather jacket, aged to perfection, presents the ultimate blank canvas. The founder of reMade USA mines thrift stores for preloved leather clothing tha...
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cucumber
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11:03 AM on 06/10/2009
It would be even better and less gruesome to not wear someone else's skin in the first place.
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