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#Restaurant Makes Handbags From The Cow You Eat Fashion Directly From Your Food Forget about plunking down thousands of dollars and putting your name on a yearlong waiting list#to score New yorks latest it#bag, youre encouraged to eat the cow it comes from first. Sold exclusively at the Williamsburg restaurant Marlow & Sons, Breton tote bags boast supple leather and a price tag that ranges from $300 to $400. But buying one isnt so easy#We are keeping it really small, and for our customers at the restaurant who have eaten those animals,#Breton designer Kate Huling, 32, said. The latest in farm-to-table-to-closet fashion, the leather goods are crafted from the tanned hides of the same locally sourced, grass-fed cows and pigs served at Marlow & Sons, an eatery and drygoods store, and at sister eateries Diner in Williamsburg and Romans in Fort Greene. Look at how quickly you can eat a burger, and that animal sacrifice for you is gone just. Whereas with the bag, thats something that can last for generations and generations,#said Huling, whose husband, Andrew Tarlow, runs the trio of restaurants and a butcher shop with partner Mark Firth. were interested in people having another opportunity to really honor the animal.##They receive 10 to 20 bags every couple of weeks, but thats not whats motivating us, just selling out,#Huling added. were interested really in people coming and eating here, and being a part of the whole process.##via Arbroath Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati R

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