Retazo, coming to you soon...

Let’s start the day with a quick quizz. Are you ready? In your opinion, what amount of textile is simply trashed each year? Any idea? Ok, I will help you; we are talking about millions of tons. Still no clue? Every year, 13.1 million tons of textiles are trashed and only 15% of those are recycled, when the half of it is perfectly reusable. If you did not guess it, don’t worry, you’re part of the 78% of the population, unaware of the issue.

And now you are all wondering where is he going towards? What’s the purpose of talking about textiles trashes? Ok, let’s end a part of the suspense and watch the following video.

Yes, Gifts and Graces is cooking something for you, something old and fresh in the same time, something trendy made out of what could be considered outdated. We receive many different and interesting textiles from a generous partner based in the United States. But what to do with it? Throwing it was out of the question. Marge, our designer, together with our partner communities got an idea. 

And what if those scrap fabrics could become fashionable? So Gifts & Graces decided to offer its design input, together with the skills of our talented partners and this is what you get: a whole new line of bags, actual with a touch of vintage. You want to know more about it? Be patient, more exciting news are coming soon, so keep posted.  

Jeremy

What's new in Robinsons

Gifts & Graces is proud to announce our new retail location at Robinsons Place Manila located in Ermita.

You will find a large range of our products in the Philippine Crafts section located on Level 3 of the Robinsons Department Store.

Last night the G&G team went to the mall after hours to set up our area and design our product displays. We are very excited about this new retail venue as it will provide greater exposure for our communities' products. As 100% of our profits go back to continually enhance our workers' skills and make their efforts sustainable we have high hopes of impacting many more lives.

Available in store now are our iconic handpainted newspaper bags, Potrero collection, T'boli bell charms, Retaso collection, our new Bayawak keychains and many more items.

Robinsons Place Manila
Pedro Gil Street

Mall Hours Are
Sunday to Thursday 10:00am to 9:00pm
Friday to Saturday 10:00am to 10:00pm

More photos can be found at
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Green Christmas Shopping

Christmas is just around the corner and we're sure most of you have already started your Christmas shopping. Whether you're shopping at G&G or at one of your favorite malls, have fun Christmas shopping the green way by saying no to plastic and saying yes to reusable bags. 

The ideal bag is roomy, sturdy, and of course stylish. G&G's great reusable bags are all three. To help you be eco-friendly stylish this Christmas shopping season, choose from among these:

  

 

    

For boho chic, pick up one of our harina bags made from upcycled flour sacks and jute sacks. You'll love the different funky flour sack designs. Did you know that there's a flour company named Cinderella with of course a Cinderella designed sack? Available at the Ayala Museum Museum Shop

For classic elegance, shop with one of our beautiful newspaper bags in our iconic women series. Channel Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Jackie O, or Marilyn Monroe. All images are handpainted by Pandacan artist Boy Buenafe. Available at the Edsa Shangri-la Manila Lobby Shop

For serious grocery shopping, you can't go wrong with our extra large magazine bag. You'll love how colorful magazine strips are woven banig-style to make this bag. And you'll love how this bag is waterproof so it's great for the beach as well. Available at major Kultura Filipino branches

Our stylish directory boat bag is a fun way to promote your advocacy in going green. It's roomy enough to go shopping for fun accessories for your girlfriends and kikay nieces. Available at major Kultura Filipino branches

Last but not the least, our foldable canvass bag doubles as both a great purse and a handy shopping bag. The woven cloth detail on the pocket gives it a distinctive and unique modern Filipino look. Available at the Ayala Museum Museum Shop. 

All the bags are also available at the G&G office at the Mile Long Building Amorsolo St. Makati. In our last post, we posted our calendar of upcoming bazaars! We hope to see you there with your very own reusable G&G shopping bag!