BUY THIS: Some wasabi with that wallet?
Fashionistas are freaking over patent leather this season, but local Chicago designer Shatira caught our eye with her shiny handbags made of…(drum roll please)…eel skin leather. The shiny stuff is supposedly stronger than cow leather and is in ample supply thanks to the Japanese food industry. “It’s a byproduct that would otherwise be trashed,” says Melissa Tierney, owner of Lincoln Park boutique Mint, which stocks the Shatira brand, ranging from $18 card holders to handbags in the hundreds. Snatch up a wallet ($48) for your sushi-loving friend, if for no other reason than relishing the irony when they whip it out to pay for their unagi.
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Lisa Arnett
November 30, 2007 3:33 PM |
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