5 Ways the Met Gala Could Have Done Better: May 20, 2024

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Series #4: 5 Ways the Met Gala Could Have Done Better

Today’s Pick: Fruit Handbags!

We saw some awesome handbags at this year’s Met Gala. Camila Cabello had a melting block of ice and Tyla had an hourglass, all great signifiers of time running out.

But how about something a little more…cyclical?

If you’re at all into mythology like me, you’ve undoubtedly heard of the concept of time being non-linear. Not just the Earth and our lives, but time itself goes through repeating cycles - birth, life, death, re-birth, and it continues.

Sonnet155 by Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten and Lobke Beckfeld is a perfect encapsulation of this meld between nature and time.

They’ve created bags from fruit skin, which fully dissolve in water or soil. Once you’ve used the bag as many times as you like, you can use it as fertilizer for your plants to give life to something new.

What a lovely thought - to give life with your fashion, instead of taking it away through plastics and furs.

Another lovely example of this is Amélie Pichard, whose handbags are made of leaves, especially the Brazilian elephant ear leaf.

Wouldn’t it have been lovely to see something other than time running out? And more on how we can nurture the world with the time we have and use it to create life?

P.S. If you’re looking for more sustainable handbags, here are a few lists!

1. Sarjaa, based in India, and made from apple skin!

2. A list of vegan leather handbags based in India

   1. Made of plants, rather than plastics, these are TRULY vegan and encompass what vegan is supposed to mean.

3. One more list, compiled by Sustainably Chic. Perfect for all price points!

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Simran