Old bag

I was going to buy an Adidas Originals bag today, my boyfriend has one already and I'm very envious of it. It's proper old-school and as a result impossibly cool - it's slung over his shoulder pretty much everywhere he goes and just looks the business. Then I saw the messenger bag in the photo and changed my mind immediately, we've never seen anything like it before and for a very good reason, it's unique.

It's made from the actual advertising banners that were hung up around Manchester for the International Festival earlier this month. Once the festival had passed they were taken down, cleaned and made into bags - isn't that just a top idea? Not only that but depending on how the banners were cut and which banners were used to make the bag everyone of them is unique; and as there are only a limited number of banners it makes it a limited edition bag too.

As soon as I saw this one with the banner that makes up the flap cut perfectly to depict the Manchester International Festival 09 I was handing over £30.00. I think it's a bargain for a unique, limited edition, environmentally friendly bag - the shoulder strap is even made from recycled car seat belts.

To decorate the shoulder strap I bought some pin badges to go with some I already have. I think they're also pretty unique and there's a photo of them below, they tell there own story don't they? The best pin badge I've posted separately on PFN, it had us both in hysterics in the shop when we saw it, just the funniest pin badge we've ever seen; and that one is not unique - my boyfriend bought one too.