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Would you pay $660 for a handbag made from a used truck tarp?

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09.10.2026

Would you pay $660 for a handbag made from a used truck tarp?

With its new line of luxury handbags, Freitag is betting that sustainability can be a status symbol.

[Photo: Timothy Schaumburg/Freitag]

For decades, the luxury industry has sold handbags on the strength of their leather. Brands wax poetic about full-grain calfskin, supple lambskin, and the family-owned tanneries that produce them. But would you spend $600 on a luxury bag made from a used truck........

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