After the groundbreaking Great Green Goods (and if you are reading bare in mind that mimicry truly is the greatest form of flattery) featured this wallet made from reclaimed leather I had to have one. In fact they only did a run of 45 of them and I have the only one in the UK – not that I’m remotely smug about this.

Akwa Industries are usually busy knocking out skimboards to the cool sun kissed kids of the American west coast. But they took a little time out, drew upon their ethical ethos and produced this great little wallet made from a reclaimed leather jacket. This wallet is perfect for those nights out when you just wanna bring a couple of cards, ID and some cash. Every one is different as they each carry their own original seam lines of the jacket they were made from. The fabric under the label is material left over from the pockets of the jacket. It even comes in a unique cassette case holder – which is about as clever as it gets when it comes to packaging.

But the coolest thing is what happens if you take this product line to the next step. Think of all those 1970’s celeb’s with a wardrobe full of god awful leather that truly deserves a new life. Somehow I suspect I’m not the only one waiting for Akwa to roll out the Rod Stewart collection.