What is your handbag made of......

At five ACCESSORIES, our core goal is to use recycled materials for our bags.  Here is a list of the reused materials:

Recycled Netting 

Netting material intended for use in the fishing and construction industries that has holes and rips in it is sold off at local markets. We recycle it for use in our bags.

Repurposed Motorcycle Seats

Over 80% of the population uses motorcycles. We repurpose the seats to make our purses.

Reused Black Plastic Bags

Plastic bags are cut, heated and crocheted into sharp looking accessories.

Did you get an iPad this holiday season? Do you know anyone whom received one as a gift? There are not many carrying case options. You might have gotten the metal or plastic case to protect it... but then what? Do you put it in your large gym bag? Do you put it in your work bag to get lost between your folders and other papers? What if you just want to carry it to the local Starbucks to work on it? What do you use?

We have the solution..... our #1 selling bag this holiday season was our recycled net shoulder bag designed to fit the iPad. It has five pockets so enough room to fit your small wallet, phone, cords etc. But slender enough to hang cross body and fit under your large winter coat. Check out our video demo of the iPad carrying bag from fiveACCESSORIES

Earth Day Handbag using Eco Material

Wicker is a natural material made out of different wood. The most commonly used wood is rattan, cane and bamboo. Rattan is more of a solid vine, unlike bamboo which is hollow and cane is actually the stem of the larger rattan trees. Because these trees are not not in scarce demand, it makes them a good eco-friendly resource.

Being socially conscious, five ACCESSORIES uses a wicker source from the country of Bali. Local Balinese artisans handcraft a number of wicker handbags for us, enabling us to provide an excellent eco-friendly product. Featured below are our four wicker handbags:

Earth Day Fashion Accessories

five ACCESSORIES is not only committed to doing our part to help protect and promote the environment (as shown the landscape in Bali), we also desire to provide affordable fashion accessories to fashion lovers everywhere.

Each of our accessories are eco-friendly and are gifts that women of all ages enjoy, especially the young fashionista. Our bangle bracelet goes great with any outfit. Our wood bead bracelet comes in a pair of 2 and combine well with any of our other bracelets.

All our wood bracelets are from Bali and are made from renewable resources such as wicker and bamboo. Currently, our whole collection of wood bracelets are on sale for only $10, regularly $15. Each of our accessories are eco-friendly and are gifts that women of all ages enjoy, especially the young fashionista. Our bangle bracelet goes great with any outfit. Our wood bead bracelet comes in a pair of 2 and combine well with any of our other bracelets.

five ACCESSORIES is not only committed to giving back part of the proceeds of our sales to the artisans from which they come, but we also desire to provide affordable fashion accessories to fashion lovers everywhere.

Ring in the New Year with Bamboo

Wear your conscious this New Years Eve. Buy eco..... be eco and promote eco friendly and recycled items by showing this bamboo 'new years eve' clutch! Our best selling jeweled bamboo clutch is available for just $20 at five ACCESSORIES or at our local retail space at 5247 N Clark St. in Chicago, IL. Post a note on our facebook fan page saying you got one and we will send you a 75% discount code for your next purchase.

Eco Gifts Socially Conscious Gift Ideas

Still looking for that perfect eco friendly AND socially conscious gift. Check out five ACCESSORIES where you can find great bamboo jewelry for just $10 or wallets with key rings for just $18. If you are in a rush, look at the Gift Certificate Tab for a printable instant gift certificate. An email will automatically be sent to you or the gift recipient.

Go green and do something good for someone this holiday season.

Techno-Savvy Fashionista

Our team here at five ACCESSORIES believes that this holiday season women are going to be looking for fashionableiPad accessories and we have just what they are looking for! This shoulder bag comes in six trendy new colors. It not only has a large inside storage area, but also a zippered pocket as well as a two open divided front pockets making it great for organizing keys, wallet and makeup. In addition to these organizing pockets, it has two roomy outside pockets that can carry your iPod or iPhone and pocket size headphones. The perfect solution to every techno-savvy fashionista!

My iPad Shoulder Bag

Sitting in the park reading on your iPad? Walking through town with your new iPad? Commuting to class carrying your iPad? Taking the bus downtown for work with your iPad? There are so many on the go ways to carry your iPad. Now all you need is the perfect shoulder bag. With convenient pockets and compartments it will keep your iPad safe as you commute around the city, at the park, to class, to downtown or on the subway. Available at five ACCESSORIES for just $45. Makes a great fair trade green gift idea for the holidays.

Eco Computer Bags to match your school spirit

Match your bag with your environmental style. Be mindful. Use recycled material to look fashionable. A recent college student at NorthPark University in Chicago purchased this yellow computer bag to match her school colors. She is looking into placing her college letters on the bag to show her school spirit.

Thanks for showing support of five ACCESSORIES' social enterprise with your purchase!!

Eco Friendly Key Chain

Be Eco, Be Small, Be Fashionable. A socialite purchased our recycled netting key chain to use when she hits the town. It fits her iPhone, credit cards, keys and one tube of lip stick. All she needs for her night out. And, she is supporting women in Cambodia with her style!

Perfect compliment to the black or brown suit

A local business women purchased this mother of pearl bracelet made in Bali as the perfect compliment to the brown and/or black business suit. At $10 from our Bali Collection, she has gotten so many compliments on this eco-friendly item. She then purchased several more from our Andersonville Galleria shop as perfect green gifts for her girlfriends.

A Mother Found the Perfect Birthday Party Gift

A local mother was looking for the perfect gift to give away at her daughter's 9th grade birthday party as party gifts. She wanted to be eco, she wanted something cute, she wanted something practical that the girls would wear. She found it with this ribbon bracelet made from recycled pop tops which make the best Green Gifts.

Eco Wristlet

Just what you need for a night out. A cream wristlet handmade from coconut shells from our Bali Collection. A percentage of sales goes to support school children and at risk families in Bali, Indonesia with the sale of this eco friendly designer handbag. This eco bag makes the perfect green gift for your girlfriend's birthday party.

Be Eco, Be Fair Trade

Recycled mosquito netting! Cleaned, dyed and handmade by our Cambodian Business Partners. Over 45 women and families have been employed to handmake these customized eco bags. Inquire at www.fiveaccessories.com on how we can put your logo or image on a variety of styles ranging from key chains, duffle bags to backpacks.

Bamboo Bags are Back

Eco friendly bamboo bags are back in fashion. With dark black bamboo slats, this perfect eco friendly designer handbag goes with so many outfits. The handles fit perfectly over the shoulder with any fall outfit. Look good and feel good with these eco handbags.

Back to School Eco Backpack

Still looking for the perfect bag for your school books! Why not be eco friendly and show something that is recycled and fair trade. These new bags made from recycled netting in a fair trade cooperative in Cambodia have an inside padded lining for a computer or your books. Wutg two side by side inside pockets and a zipper pocket to keep all your supplies. They have a cord to place your key chain on. We have thought of everything!

Isn't this what life is all about......

Relationships! Relationships! Relationships! It touched my heart to see how five ACCESSORIES brought two people from different backgrounds together for the summer. Ivory is a mother of 5 children living on the S. Side of Chicago and Emily is a college student living on the NW side of Chicago. This picture was taken at the end of the Renegade Craft Fair Festival in wicker park this past weekend where we sold our eco friendly designer handbags and other green handmade gifts. As they turned to leave, they put their arms around each other. I had to make them turn back for a photo.

Lollapalooza in Chicago

Lollapalooza in Chicago! Great support from Lolla fans who were interested in our eco-friendly Cambodia collection such as the off the shoulder recycled mosquito netting bag. Great for walking long distances, a fair trade purchase as well as a stylish and comfortable bag. We handed out cards to shop online to receive free shipping by entering “LOLLA” as the discount code. Offer still available for a limited time. Make sure to check out our website at http://www.fiveaccessories.com/ to check out our socially conscious and eco-friendly handbags as well as our jewelry & more! Lolla fans that are as proud of the city as we are will be very interested in our ‘Off the Street’ collection cleaned and handmade by local Streetwise Vendors. A great Chicago green gift! Such great finds include out recycled CTA transit card picture frames. I mean let’s try to think how many transit cards must have been used to transport all Lollapalooza goers? I’m sure millions! Why not recycle those into a great and unique Chicago gift!

How and where do Coconut Trees Grow? Coconut trees are very hard to establish in dry climates, and cannot grow there without frequent irrigation; in drought conditions, the new leaves do not open well, and older leaves may become desiccated; fruit also tends to be shed. Coconut palms are grown in more than 80 countries of the world, with a total production of 61 million tonnes per year. In fact, behind the Philippines, Indonesia is the second largest producer of coconut trees with over 15 million tonnes per year.

Want a coconut clutch? Try our new wristlet from our Bali Collection made from coconut trees. Only $15 it is the perfect eco friendly gift idea from our eco friendly designer handbags.

Perfect bag to fit the new iPad

I’m sure all of you have heard of Apple’s newest technological masterpiece, the iPad. With its lightweight and rectangular display, there simply is nothing an iPad can’t do. Photos, Searching the web, Word documents, YouTube, Facebook, Video, Music, you name it, I’m sure the I Pad has it. The one downside of the multi-use I Pad is its unusual size. A large tote might damage the screen and it is sure not to fit in a small clutch.

But wait! five ACCESSORIES has a solution! Our shoulder bags are not only a great style, coming in a variety of different exuberant colors, it also is the perfect fit for the new iPad! These bags are fair trade and eco-friendly and are made from recycled mosquito netting in Cambodia, not to mention a very comfortable fit over the shoulder with adjustable straps! So, if you’re looking for a nice-looking, bag for your new iPad, visit us at www.fiveaccessories.com and take a look at our shoulder bags today!