Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Passchalle Handbag

Every once in a while, as I surf, I find something which is absolutely stunning in how it misses its mark. This the the Passchalle handbag. An environmentally sensitive handbag. No, really! It uses, believe it or not, recycled inner tubes. Which make a nice contrast to the Italian Nickel steel, and (get this) crocodile leather.
Oh wait, if you don't like crocodile leather, they have leather made from oil. "faux leather". Right....... Well, maybe the kitche value is worth it.

Prominently displayed throughout the web site is the "recycling" logo. What this company has done is clothe themselves in a cloak of "green respectability" without, of course, actually BEING green.

File this under "missing the point".
On the other hand, they look to be very nice hand bags. Quite well made, and the designs are very "high end" and very "cutting edge". One could see any number of hollywood celebrities using them to store their underpants. These items are just fine, and in my opinion, very nice and reasonably priced (considering)...the only drawback is their ridiculous marketing department which tries to convince people that this is a "green product".


http://www.passchal.com/whatispasschalbag.html

3 comments:

Jennifer said...

I have seen this site and have refrained from blogging on in it in the past. But since you did :) I will jump on the bashing bandwagon. Here is an example of a company taking full advantage of marketing a serious issue. It's really disgusting how self-serving it is. And honestly, I think the stuff is butt ugly. :p

Anonymous said...

Why do you think they are taking advantage of the serious issue of the envronment? They are recycling inner tubes. Whatever they are including in their designs (such as leather), doesn't matter, they are still reusing a discarded item. When you buy a recycled product it is more often then not 100% recycled. There are always other materials combined in the product. At least they are taking inner tubes and turning them into something cool!! What are you doing about the global warming problem. If you looked at their site, you would see that they have converted tons of tubes that would end up who knows where. I don't get you people, always have something bad to say about something. Hopefully nobody will jump on a bandwagon and bash you someday!!

Anonymous said...

I agree with "anonymous". I bought a messenger bag made from recycled leather. Do you guys know what the word "recycled" is?
It sounds like "jennifer" has some kind of problem or maybe she is just an angry person. Look into yourself before you bash others.
Also they guy who started this blog doesn't know 1)The difference between embossed leather & real croc
2) He can't even spell Passchal.

Frank Z