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Five Accesories: Eco-Friendly and Fair Trade Handbag and Accessories Collection

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Five Accessories This Chicago-based company offers eco friendly designer handbags and wood jewelry from five countries: Bali, Honduras, Cambodia, Guatemala and India. Their accessories are handcrafted out of recycled material, natural fibers, bamboo, even recycled potato chip bags and candy wrappers, but the finished products are anything but trashy!

five ACCESSORIES, an online store that grew out of its founders' desire to import handmade handbags and accessories from a Bali mountain village, now carries handmade purses and jewelry from global areas such as Bali, Guatemala, Honduras, Cambodia and India. The company recently started two income generating programs in Chicago under the new line called Off The Street. five ACCESSORIES supports grassroots efforts around the globe to aid under-privileged children by donating FIVE DOLLARS of every handbag sold and 15 percent of all other sales to each artisan's local cause.

The company began while Christine Hutchison and her husband, Wells, were on their honeymoon in Bali. While there, they met a Balinese tour guide who told them how much difference five dollars a month can make to a family in Bali. While admiring the beautiful handbags and jewelry made by local artisans, the couple had the idea to start five, a company that embodies both their entrepreneurial and philanthropic zeal. The mission of the company is to create income generating programs for individuals in need, donate a large portion of it's sales to worthy charitable causes and foster the use of sustainable material in fashion.