This London-based company makes bags and wallets out of decommissioned fire hoses and recycled leather from Burberry

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Elvis & Kresse uses reclaimed fire-hoses from the London Fire Brigade to make luxury bags, travel accessories, home products, and more for its Fire-Hose Collection.
It also has a collection called Fire and Hide that features the fire hoses as well as recycled leather from Burberry. Items range in price from a $20 keychain, to a $430 briefcase.
We tried a few of the bags from Elvis & Kresse's Fire-Hose collection and found them to be unique, functional, and incredibly durable.

Upcycling plastic to create to products isn't so unusual these days. Adidas is now using recycled ocean trash to make some of its shoes, and brands like Athleta have us swimming in bathing suits made from recycled plastic and fishing nets.

But London-based handbag brand Elvis & Kresse is repurposing an unusual type of waste to construct its ultra-durable bags and accessories: decommissioned fire-hoses — an item that rarely (if ever) crosses the minds of environmentally conscious consumers.

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