Trench Coat Bags -> Ouno Design

It’s great to see recycled products being made from just about everything and anything these days. These ‘Trench Coat Bags’ created by Ouno Design caught my eye the other day while browsing products on Etsy. It’s such a clever use for such an iconic style from our past. More information below from the Ouno website:

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All-season recycled bags made from clean, best-quality vintage trench coats. Practical, sexy, 100% unisex. An Ouno Design Original.

The recycled handbag’s strap is made from the coat’s belt; the sleeves’ straps and buckles are used on the side gussets. Original lining inside. The bag has inside pockets and loops (for PDA’s, phones, pens and notepads) made from the coat’s pockets, straps and labels. Complex construction, streamlined effect. Waterproof, tough and washable. Sustainable green design.

Typical trenchcoat colors are variations of cream/ khaki/ taupe/sand, darker khaki, navy blue, navy green, and brown. We try to use London Fog, Aquascutum, Bentley’s and Burberry where possible, but all are equivalent quality. Thomas Burberry pioneered this style of coat for officers in WWI, as well as the gabardine from which it is made.

It’s a little known fact that Chandler wrote some of his earliest detective stories in Vancouver, and that this is why it’s always raining in the film noir detective genre, even in sunny LA. Our bag is great in the rain but is also chic in every season.