By Maggie O"Sullivan Published: 1:34PM GMT twenty-two February 2010
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Washbag, �55 Photo: Jeff Gilbert 
Kit bag (centre), �210 Photo: Jeff Gilbert 
Messenger bag, �199 Photo: Jeff Gilbert WHAT IS IT? Elvis & Kresse creates bags, washbags and belts out of reclaimed glow hose. You can buy at elvisandkresse.com or from a small series of stockists in Britain and Europe.
More transport accessories Skiing Gear: the Ultimate Equipment Guide Essential transport accessories Julie Slater & Son accessories Bobbin Bicycles: Good Buy Guide Kiki James: Good buy guide"FIRE HOSE" AS IN "FIRE BRIGADE"? Precisely. Kresse Wesling, a self-confessed immature obsessive, met members of the London Fire Brigade on an environmental government course. They referred to that hose cannot be recycled since of the nylon core and a (low-energy) light tuber illuminated up in Kresse"s head: make use of it as a tanned hide substitute. She worked on a approach to spin the hose in to a applicable element and found a manufacturer in Romania rebuilt to request high-end prolongation values to her designs.
IN ANY COLOUR AS LONG AS IT"S RED? Fire hoses additionally come in yellow but yes, majority of the equipment are a soft brick-red; a little additionally have scuffs and type on them, the usually denote that these bags and belts once fought fires and saved lives. Buckles and studs are brass, lead or steel, and linings and dustbags are done from colourful orange recycled parachute silk. The range has star appeal, too: Cameron Diaz wore an Elvis & Kresse leather belt in a glow for American Vogue.
WE LOVE The hose feels most softer than you would imagine, and the pattern and finish are excellent. The association additionally donates half the increase from the range to the Fire Fighters Charity (firefighterscharity.org.uk)
COULD DO BETTER The website forces you to click by 3 pages for prices.
VERDICT Who knew glow hose could be so glamorous?
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