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Beth Springer Handbags
Beth Springer’s background in architecture gives her bags a structure different from all others. Beauty equals form following function. She engineers the bags to be worn comfortably on the body. Beth makes everything in USA, sweatshop free, and often in limited editions. After all, every woman is unique, so why should her bag be like everyone else's?
Beth Springer’s ethos: Do no harm. She is a big believer of environmental sustainability, so her bags are made with nature in mind. Because she wants to tread lightly on the earth, she employ the principles of reduce, reuse, recycle to every aspect of my business. And in designing the bags specifically :
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no extraneous hardware. Metal feet are absent on the bottom of Beth Springer’s bags because 1) those little metal feet use our precious natural resources, require a highly toxic process to coat, and do not biodegrade 2) feet are redundant on her bags because the leather I use can sustain long years of use without wearing through.
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use all remnants. Beth Springer’s endeavor to use the entire hide. You can find note cards, ribbon cuffs, and one of a kind purses at my studio in Venice- all made with waste materials.
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no filler- most leather bags today use a thinner leather to save money, and then back that leather with vinyl. It is a hidden environmental disaster. Most Beth Springer bags "stand on their own".
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100% cotton linings – Beth Springer is switching to 100% organic hemp/cotton linings in 2008.
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Check out Beth Springer’s ecovertible. The trim is reclaimed leather - that means that Beth Springer saved this scrap leather from the land fill and made something beautiful from it.
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vegetable dyed leathers
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tags are made from recycled paper and tied with organic hemp cord. Beth Springer ships in reused boxes whenever possible, so the boxes are ugly but the world remains beautiful. Please recycle or reuse them. They also reuse stuffing , too.
http://www.bethspringer.com
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