Love Hackney, Shop Local Designer Tote Bags
Hackney boasts some of London's most vibrant markets, each dishing up delicious local fare and produce alongside other goods such as clothing, toys, gifts and household supplies.
The Love Hackney, Shop Local campaign asks residents and visitors to support its markets and think twice about using plastic bags in order to support a sustainable local economy and help the borough on its way to becoming one of the greenest in London.
The Council decided to tap into the wealth of creative talent the borough boasts and has commissioned some of London's most exciting fashion designers (that all work in Hackney) to design exclusive shopping bags. Atalanta Weller, Mark Fast, Simone Rocha and William Richard Green and the Council have created limited edition cotton totes which will be available to shoppers when they purchase goods from a selected group of market stalls at four of Hackney's best-loved markets.
Please see below for the bags designed by Mark Fast and William Richard Green and also the dates and locations for the distribution of the bags. The two bag designs by Atalanta Weller and Simone Rocha will be available in September 2012, details will announced on this page.
The Mark Fast design The William Richard Green design
The proposed dates for the distribution of the limited edition Market Fashion Bags are:
- 28 January 2012 - Broadway Market
- 29 January 2012 - Chatsworth Market
- 3 February 2012 - Ridley Road Market
- 4 February 2012 - Hoxton Market
How to get your bag
You need to collected x10 tokens from participating market traders in order to redeem your free LOVE HACKNEY, SHOP LOCAL shopping bag. You can earn x1 token for each £1 spent. Bags are available while stocks last with only 500 bags offered at each market.
Cllr Feryal Demirci, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said: "Hackney is home to fantastic markets and many independent shops. 'Love Hackney, Shop Local' encourages residents to make the most of what's on their doorstep by shopping locally and supporting our market traders and businesses. Hackney designers support this message and have produced reusable bags for shoppers to use instead of plastic bags."
Page updated: 17 Jan 2012
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