Ashley Watson at Pivot Boutique

Not only is her stuff absolutely retro beautiful, each piece is made out of old recycled leather jackets! Yeah it can be a bit pricey when you’re blowing about two to four hundred a pop but it’s worth it since every single one is hand made by Ashley herself and it’s recycled…
So you can sleep at night knowing that you did not support cramped kiddie sweat shopped fingers from penny paid by the hour labor… while saving the earth! yay…
From the website…
«Ashley Watson Recycled Leather began business in early 2006, and has gained enthusiastic product reviews and a loyal following of delighted retailers and clients in Canada and the United States and is now moving into Europe.
Leather jackets are granted a new existence, as contemporary hand bags and accessories by the careful hand and innovative eye of the designer in her Vancouver based studio. Ashley Watson crafts every single one.»
p.s.
pivot boutique is the only boutique in Chicago to stock her stuff =)