Go Go Boots out of Recycled Plastic Bags? Go from Rags to Riches, and Be Hot to Trot in these Sexy Shoes.

by Lucille Chi January 8, 2009, 6:23 pm 53 Views

Botas Dacca Boots made out of recycled plastic bags, are hot to trot.

They are made exclusively by a noted Chilean industrial design student named Camila Labra. The interiors are constructed to be comfortable and soft with a natural piqué and the green highlight is that the exteriors are made mostly of recycled plastic bags.

Camila carefully constructs these cute boots by fusing many layers of plastic bags together to create a thicker and more resistant new material. Treehugger reports: “that according to the designer, the boots are impermeable, flexible, light and non toxic.”

Dacca the name of the shoeline comes from careful thought. Named to have us ponder the thought that Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, is one of the most polluted with plastic bags (banned in 2002) globally. What a wonderful new textile material, that helps recreate a mess, into something sexy.

Via VeoVerde.

Written by Lucille Chi

Lucy Chi loves good green design, ethical fashion, environmental art and education, renewables, holistic healing and more. She has been dedicating her energies toward finding and drawing attention to all the ways in which products, companies, and industries are moving toward creating a more sustainable world on the global scale, as well as the way individuals are moving toward living sustainably, and healing at the personal level.

Sustainability studies: PresidioMBA.org &
B.S. Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Dept. of Textiles and Fiber Science.

Contact: lucillechi (at) gmail.com