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Chic Chained Lunch Bags

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

Create a Stylish Faux Leather Meal Carrier with This Creative Tutorial

— August 16, 2013 — Lifestyle
Taking your lunch to work can be a great way to save money, but if you're looking to make the process feel a bit more sophisticated, then these DIY chained lunch bags will certainly have you feeling more stylish about your meal carrier.

Bringing a homemade lunch into the office can sometimes be an embarrassing process, especially if your lunch bag is simply a plastic bag or resembles a cartoon character. This creative DIY activity however, allows fashion-forward individuals to customize their own meal carriers with such materials as faux leather, a stationary clip and chained rings. Making your lunch bag seem more like a designer handbag than something to hold your sandwich in, these stylishly chained carriers will definitely have you feeling more confident about brining your lunch to work.

Featured on the blog 'Inspire Me,' this DIY activity is an imaginative way to turn such an ordinary item into something that will fit your personal style and taste.
Trend Themes
1. DIY Meal Carriers - There is a trend towards DIY meal carriers as consumers seek to customize their items to fit their personal style and taste.
2. Fashionable Lunch Bags - Consumers are increasingly looking for lunch bags that are stylish and fashionable, creating opportunities for designers to create unique and trendy designs.
3. Sustainable Lunch Containers - There is a trend towards using sustainable materials for lunch containers, creating opportunities for environmentally-conscious brands to create innovative and eco-friendly products.
Industry Implications
1. Retail - Opportunities for retailers to offer DIY meal carrier materials and fashionable lunch bags to cater to consumers' demand for stylish and unique lunch containers.
2. Fashion - Opportunities for fashion designers to create innovative and trendy lunch bags that resemble designer handbags or other fashionable accessories.
3. Eco-friendly Products - Opportunities for eco-friendly brands to create sustainable lunch containers that reduce waste and appeal to environmentally-conscious consumers.
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