Designer Community
DESIGNER COMMUNITY
Designers & Artists Collaborations
We love supporting and working with young, and established designers, photographers, illustrators, product developers, and artists. If you would like to collaborate with us, please email info@thebagsofethics.org. Please make sure you share links of your online portfolios when you get in touch.
OUR COLLABORATIONS
RIXO x Great British Designer ‘Choose to Reuse’ campaign
The Great British Designer Choose to Reuse campaign was in collaboration with female-owned British fashion brand, RIXO. This collection aims to shift a throwaway culture of single use bottles, takeaways, cups and bags to a more reusable one. Urging the public to pledge everyday items and reuse their own items that are not single-use plastic.
Through this collection we are supporting future fashion talent at BFC Foundation and tree planting for Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee for The Queen’s Green Canopy.
Preen by Thornton Bengazzi x BOE
Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Bosworth, Beyonce, Rihanna, Cate Blanchett , Naomi Watts and Emma Stone but also some British Royals such as the Duchess of Cambridge.
Julien Macdonald x Tesco
As part of the Graduate Fashion Week campaign, British celebrity fashion designer, Julien Macdonald OBE designed a 3 print colour way, reusable landscape tote bag to raise funds for student designers. This was exclusively retailed at Tesco. The prints were part of Julien’s signature runway SS16 collection.
INSTAGRAM: Lauren Black
Toni & Guy x IA London
Label M/ Toni & Guy produced an exclusive tote bag to celebrate the 15-year collaboration with London Fashion Week, which was designed by London based fashion designer, IA London. The striking digitally printed reusable cotton bag was made to be reused 5,000 times. The cotton used for the bag was grown from rain-irrigated farms, and the print inks and dyes were tested to degrade in a non-toxic way to support cleaner waterways, whilst also being Vegan. The BOE bag can be reused 5,000 times, and can be repurposed in creative ways including gift-packaging and wall-art.
Space NK x Giles Deacon
Beauty retailer Space NK collaborated with Bags of Ethics to launch a designer make up bag gift for their N Dulge customers. BOE friend, Giles Deacon was the chosen designer known for his modern interpretation of femininity. Deacon was at Bottega Veneta and Gucci before founding his own label GILES in 2003. Award-winning Giles created a signature dusky pink and barbed wire print for the luxury reusable make up bag as part of the BOE gold collection.
Christopher Raeburn x GFW
British fashion designer, Christopher Raeburn is renowned for responsible and intelligent fashion design for a global audience. The RÆMADE ethos, in particular, has pioneered the reworking of surplus fabrics and garments to create distinctive and functional pieces. For Graduate Fashion Week, Raeburn designed a 3 colour way cotton tote bag.
Matthew Williamson x Comic Relief x Sainsbury’s
Matthew Williamson, British fashion and homeware designer, designed a capsule, limited edition collection of canvas bags for Sainsbury’s, with proceeds going to Sport Relief as part of the Bags of Ethics designer community collaborations. The three shopper styles were covered with a vibrant banana leaf print in varying colours; rose pink/berry, turquoise/indigo and mint/chocolate. The banana leaf print was inspired from South India where the BOE factory is based.
Mathilde Cabanas x Masques Protect Project
Mathilde Cabanas, French cult brand renowned for fun illustrations which are adult and kid-friendly, teamed up with Bags of Ethics to create a collection of reusable masks which are positive and help reduce stigma for children as they go back to school after the Covid-19 crisis. The designs include the signature Bisou print and other designs to make you smile. Shop them here
Henry Holland x London Fashion Week x Sunglass Hut
Henry Holland is known for his slogan design fashion items and has a large celebrity following of his bold, and colourful styles. Sunglass Hut the principal sponsors of London Fashion Week joined forces with Bags of Ethics and Henry Holland to create a “swag bag” for all customers who attended LFW, and those who purchased customized eyewear in stores globally. The all-over print canvas tote featured a fun internal pocket for sunglasses and was a must-have celebrating all things British.
Gareth Pugh x Sunglass Hut x London Fashion Week
The September 2016 London Fashion Week (LFW) shows kicked off the collaboration between British punk designer Gareth Pugh and Sunglass Hut (SGH) on a global campaign celebrating fashionable eyewear. BOE was the tote bag partner for both the canvas tote bag, and the luxury version with Vegan leather and faux suede touches. The give away bag was given to all SGH customers globally as a gift during LFW and saw an uplift in footfall into Sunglass Hut stores by over 10%, directly related to the tote bag project.
British Fashion Council x Great British Designer Face Coverings
The Great British Designer Face Coverings project was a collaboration project with the British Fashion Council to raise funds to support British fashion designers, NHS Charities Together and Wings of Hope Children’s Charity, whilst promoting the wide-use of face coverings. Together with six, top British designers including Mulberry, and Julien Macdonald, over £1 million was raised for charity through the sale of environmentally friendly, fashion face coverings at ASOS, Boots, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, and John Lewis.
The campaign was recognised by Mayor of London, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and The Royal Society. Global media coverage included BBC, Sky News, Guardian, Vogue, ITV, Good Morning Britain, WWD, Harper’s Bazaar, the Guardian and 90+ more.
The product won a Which? Best Buy accreditation and at £15 for 3 face coverings was seen as an affordable access point to wear and champion British design.