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Saving the world, one bag at a time
Business World
March 23, 2009
Rags2Riches Inc., a social business enterprise creating eco-ethical products using scraps of fabric from the Payatas dumpsite and the labor of women in the area, came out with its newest Designer Line on March 17, this time with bag designer Amina Aranaz-Alunan.
The launch of the Aranaz collection at Greenbelt 5 featured the bags on mannequins wearing recycled newspaper dresses made by top designers Jojie Lloren, Avel Bacudio and Dong Omaga Diaz, as well as the students from the School of Fashion and the Arts (SOFA), which Ms. Aranaz co-founded.
While the original collection by Rajo Laurel — which served as the impetus of the entire enterprise — dealt with a refinement of the basket-weave technique familiar to the rug makers of Payatas, the new collection used macramé techniques whichi the women learned in three months of training at SOFA. read more...