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Cork finds its way into fashion world
Topic Started: Jul 11 2014, 09:55 AM (75 Views)
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Embraced by some progressive furniture makers decades ago and a staple in housewares, cork has found a larger place among shoes, handbags, jewelry and other fashion accessories.Designer Elaine Turner is a proponent of cork, which is renewable, feather light and water-resistant. So is Ingrid Heinkel, who imports cork accessories ranging from wallets to a backpack in a tiger-stripe design.kaufen pandora charms online

Cork is popping up in umbrellas, simple apparel items such as shawls, watchbands, bracelets, necklaces, hats, belts, golf bags and shoes, shoes, shoes – moccasins, flip-flops and Superga sneakers with neon flecks to Jimmy Choo wedges and Badgley Mischka stilettos.

We’re not just talking soles and shock-absorbent footbeds. We’re talking uppers in double straps and gold tips from Turner and vibrant color combinations in slides, though cork is often left in its raw, recognizable state.kaufen pandora armband billig

“I think we’re in a very natural vibe right now, and a very green vibe. Cork works with that. It’s just something unique. This season it has really hit its high point,” said Alison Minton, who blogs about accessories at Accessorygeneration.

“I think that it’s on its way to becoming something permanent in the marketplace,” Heinkel said from Amelia Island, Fla. “I used to live in Spain, and I found the handbags on a weekend in Portugal, and I’m having a lot of fun with it. I used to go to the trade shows and I would have to kind of bang the drums to get people’s attention and explain, but now it has its own momentum.”kaufen pandora armband charms

Spas and the shops of wineries and museums are big customers for Heinkel, but her most popular item online at Shopcorkdesign is a hobo handbag in a natural blond grain.Turner started using cork about seven years ago to further her tropical vacation aesthetic.“We started making bags and shoes out of it and it instantly was popular. It’s probably our No. 1 material for spring every year. It’s a neutral and very versatile.”pandora herzen charms billig
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