"Following Katrina, imaginative innovators washed off the muck and began to craft and sell goods imbued with a distinct New Orleans flavor... In the Lower Garden District, the design-minded covet the bags and backpacks at Tchoup Industries, made using regionally sourced repurposed materials."
As part of Dirty Coast's showcase of local designers and makers, they sat down with Patti Dunn, Tchoup Industries' designer, for a conversation about fur purses, snoballs, and recycled wool curtains.
Tchoup Industries bags are all handmade in the back half of our shop in New Orleans, Louisiana. We source all of our materials within the USA, and as locally as possible. (See our material map here.) We are proud to be creating and selling a completely American product, a refreshing...
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