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INDEPENDENT HANDBAG DESIGNER AWARDS

AWARD-WINNING ACCESSORIES

“I want to reinvent how fashion is made because I want to live in the world where beauty is born out of values, not vanity.”  Neli

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Neli Štrukelj, founder and designer of ZMAI, has always been on the lookout for creative
approaches to find solutions to the challenges of the wasteful fashion industry.  ZMAI (brand) was born out of Neli’s strong passion for innovation, respect for the environment, and empathy for all living beings. Her mission is to find the perfect combination of sustainability, functionality, and aesthetics, her first collection was made entirely from waste materials.

BEST GREEN HANDBAG


Neli is the first Slovenian fashion designer to make it to the finals of the American competition "Independent Handbag Designer Awards" in the Best Green Handbag category, among more than 1000 entries from all over the world.  

The “winning” bag was designed according to the zero waste strategy and made out of textile leftovers from her previous collections.



LUXURY PIECE OF ART MADE OUT OF TRASH

Each module was handpicked and manually assembled based on embroidery patterns, which were used to decorate traditional clothing. Neli uses a bag as a canvas to promote nearby forgotten crafts and express her creative vision for a sustainable future.

It is a bag which tells a story and creates a new culture of value in place of waste.







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