October 14, 2010

High fashion

Most Manileños know pandan only as a food flavoring and these young students of the Ateneo School of Management Business Accelerator (SOMBA) Program are on a mission to re-educate us. P. Nouvelle, with the help of Filipino fashion designer Arnold Galang and two partners from the Department of Trade and Industry, produces gorgeous bags made out of pandan leaves. Sustainable, ethical, green fashion—any takers, ladies?

P. Nouvelle's bags made of pandan leaves

P. Nouvelle Developers Inc. can be found in Facebook and their email address is pnouvellebags@gmail.com.

15 comments:

  1. ☺lani☺October 14, 2010 at 8:01 AM

    First time to see pandan products! Have a nice day!

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  2. Leif HagenOctober 14, 2010 at 8:52 AM

    Those are beautiful, fun, classy bags! Cool!
    (I'm NOT going to tell my wife about them!)

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  3. GeorgeOctober 14, 2010 at 9:55 AM

    This is another great idea. That school has some very creative students.

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  4. OlivierOctober 14, 2010 at 1:17 PM

    cela fait des sacs originaux, que tu ne trouves pas partout

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  5. Louis la VacheOctober 14, 2010 at 2:27 PM

    Could pandan be shaped into hair replacement for chrome-dome «Louis»?
    ;-D

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  6. JanetOctober 14, 2010 at 7:11 PM

    Very attractive, recycled bags!

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  7. brattcatOctober 14, 2010 at 7:27 PM

    Terrific idea, beautiful bags.

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  8. arabesqueOctober 14, 2010 at 8:14 PM

    the use of pandan leaves are pretty unique.
    i like the pink one.

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  9. FranciscaOctober 14, 2010 at 8:48 PM

    Hah! I've been carrying my very favorite pandan bag for YEARS! These guys too need to do the bazaar circuit this season.

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  10. Cezar and LéiaOctober 14, 2010 at 9:05 PM

    The bags are beautiful!Good luck for them!
    Léia

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  11. HalcyonOctober 14, 2010 at 9:20 PM

    These students are really creative!

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  12. LowellOctober 14, 2010 at 9:43 PM

    These "kids" are amazing. Very creative and talented! Reuse, recycle! What could be better.

    So sorry you have been so inundated with work. That kind of pressure is not fun. Hopefully, the amount of work will abate somewhat and soon...

    Best wishes, always!

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  13. LoisOctober 14, 2010 at 10:24 PM

    They are lovely! I like the colors.

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  14. MoOctober 15, 2010 at 3:04 AM

    Well fancy that I've only used those leaves in cooking. A new take on tasy bag.

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  15. EbieOctober 16, 2010 at 4:47 AM

    Go green! Such creativity!

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