Lightweight. Practical. Deliberately eco-chic. A handbag that keeps up with you, day and night. Carry it as a coin purse inside a shoulder bag or alone as a tiny clutch. It's big enough to hold your car keys, cell, cash and lipstick. Comes with nylon fabric liner and zipper closure.

Escama (fish scales in Portuguese) works with Cia do Lacre and As Panteras do Lacre women's cooperatives located in economically depressed "satellite cities" of Brasilia, Brazil. The co-ops offer women business training and a means to earn a living through the production of fashion-forward, functional bags from recycled materials. Prices of goods are set by the cooperatives and the production is in their hands.

Escama respects Fair Trade principles and the artists are paid fairly for their piecework. In addition, Escama donates 3% of gross annual sales directly back to the cooperatives.

• 4 x 8 x 1 inches
• 200 recycled aluminum pull-tabs
• Fair Trade certified & sweatshop-free
• made by women's cooperatives
• handcrocheted in Brazil by Escama