The holiday season approaches faster than you think. Even when you can’t visit your loved one, you can sent them a great gift, you can feel good about directly sent to their door. Which fashionista wouldn’t love a unique, high quality, vegan designer bag for Christmas? This post introduces JORD’s newest addition to their collection of accessories from sustainable resources and I am thrilled. Read what I think about their vegan designer bag.
Disclosure: Ad. The purse is a sample of my choice from JORD. The post is not endorsed by them. I wrote it myself and it represents my own 100% honest opinion. This post contains affiliate links.
Ethical Handbag Collection
You’ve probably heard of JORD – my husband has two and I have three (!) of their super popular wood watches (that we LOVE! And have worn forever), but they are actually known for having a whole variety of unique accessories that feature natural materials. Their newest is a collection of luxury vegan handbags! They come in lots of colors and styles – backpack, clutch, crossbody, …, you name it. The cool thing is that the purses are made of JORD’s own type of vegan leather, which is created from cork! No worry, the material is nothing like a wine cork. On the contrary, it feels super soft and is so durable!
What Is Superhide?
Using sustainable natural materials requires lots of innovations. Experimenting with various woods, marbles, etc., JORD developed special methods to fortify soft woods with resin to make them usable in their designs. This method – called Resin-Infusion Stabilization Technology (RIST) – is a unique fusion of Portuguese cork and woven fabric. It permits producing JORD’s SuberhideTM, which is their own brand of vegan leather. And it looks like cork! A real head turner! Because it is from natural resources, every piece looks so unique as the wearer.
Why I Love these Vegan Designer Bags
I love these bags for a variety of reasons:
- I feel good about this bag because it is from a sustainable resource. The removal of the cork oak tree’s bark to create the material for these bags doesn’t kill the trees, which is good for the environment. This means the trees keep on removing CO2 from the atmosphere and produce the oxygen we need to breeze.
- I like to support small businesses. JORD is actually a really small online business! It was established in 2013 by four partners in St. Louis.
- Each bag is unique because of the natural material.
- Worldwide shipping is free and fast: They ship directly to you or anyone on your gift list.
- JORD is known for quality craftsmanship and creativity in their designs. That’s exactly what I want: Gifting high quality unique, sustainable and thoughtful pieces!
- These designer beauties are very affordable, even on a budget.
- These handbags have a 5-year warranty (!). This means its owner will enjoy the item for years to come! Consequently, the piece easily gets below one dollar per wear – my criterion for an excellent deal.
- All their bags can serve multiple purposes. The purse featured in this review can do double-duty as clutch and (crossbody) shoulder bag (see photos). My JORD vegan backpack serves me well as a work tote, for running errands and even for schlepping my water, dance shoes and clothes to the studio.
- All their bags have well thought out compartments that keep you organized (see the photos of the interior).
- These items are super stylish. Outerwear is an outfit too!
Look into the Interior of the JORD Designer Bag
There are many pockets for credit cards, card-passport, driver’s license, office door keycard, rewards-, metro- and health insurance cards. You name it! Then a secured zipper-closure pocket. Enough space for lipstick, reading glasses, perfume and keys. In the back, a secret pocket for your air ticket, phone or what ever you need fast. Do you need more for going out, getting a coffee or browsing a mall?
Fun Facts
Did you know that in 2019, Forbes recognized JORD for the Best Wood Apple Band?
Did you know that Jord is a Norwegian word meaning Of the Earth?
JORD: A Perfect Source for Gifts from Sustainable Resources
JORD offers unique gifts such as hats, a variety of Apple watch bands, wood and natural
material watches, sunglasses, gift sets, and more! Browse their collections of sustainable bags now to give your loved ones the best gifts ever.
Photos of me: G. Kramm
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That’s a very stylish bag! Portuguese cork looks and feels very similar to leather – I saw lots of bags and jewellery made of cork in Madeira. It’s much better for the environment than real leather…and for the animals too of course!
Emma xxx