Fleurville’s Re-Runs are better than the Bradys
January 16th, 2008
I’m not a big fan of reruns unless they’re from a classic show like Little House on the Prairie or of something hysterically funny like Seinfeld. When it comes to diaper bags the only Re-Runs you should be watching—or wearing—are Fleurville’s new Re-Run Messenger and Re-Run MicroPod. Who knew your diaper bag could help save the environment?
Fleurville is known for its stylish yet functional diaper bags, and as unbelievable as it may seem, they’ve even topped their own bags with their new Re-Run line. The Re-Run Messenger bag is actually the popular MotherShip slightly shrunken in size and made out of Fleurville’s recycled plastic bottle fabric. How their Re-Run fabric is made is an interesting read in itself (for the life cycle, click here). Just know that 86% of the 50 billion plastic bottles the US consumes each year end up in landfill and these same plastic bottles take 1000 years to breakdown. Makes you re-think buying a case at Costco, doesn’t it?
Fleurville’s Re-Run Messenger bag keeps 10 (600-ml) plastic water bottles out of landfill. Though this “green” bag (okay, it oesn’t actually come in green but it does come in four fab colors) is smaller in size you’ve still got the adjustable shoulder strap, 2 external pockets, 3 interior pockets, a key clip, see-thru wipe case, and even an earbud pass-thru badge and fleece-lined iPod/sunglasses pocket. All that in a Messenger bag made from recycled plastic! But what does it look and feel like up close? Well…just like any other well-made, high-quality Fleurville bag. I know because I am now lucky enough to go green with a red Re-Run Messenger bag, and that beautiful silk-screened botanical print only enhances the inner beauty of this bag.
Let’s not forget the Re-Run MicroPod, which keeps 3 (600-ml) plastic water bottles out of landfill. I had to get up close and personal with to make sure it lived up to its claims: zip-out mesh sippy cup pocket (sippy cups and baby bottles okay; plastic water bottles not okay), removable/adjustable shoulder strap, fleece lined iPod/sunglasses pocket, earbud pass-thru badge, changing cloth, and wipes case. I truly couldn’t believe it, but this little made-from-recycled-plastic pod had all that hidden in its sleek lines and perfect-for-the-light-traveler size. You can even wear the MicroPod in four ways: messenger, over the shoulder, around the waist, or hung from a stroller.
I absolutely love Fleurville’s Re-Run line, but their Re-Run fabric isn’t the only “green” thing about this company. Fleurville is a certified “San Francisco Bay Area Green Business” (i.e. it uses “green” business practices), and its products are PVC-free. Instead of PVC, Fleurville uses its own environmentally friendly polyurethane laminate, Green-LAM, which has superior attributes like moisture–repellency, UV-resistance, and overall durability. “By purchasing products with [the] Re-Run logo, you are reducing your carbon footprint and supporting a more sustainable form of manufacturing.” Sounds pretty darn good to me.—Emily
* Giveaway Fleurville is giving away one Re-Run Messenger and one Re-Run MicroPod! Please leave a comment with a valid email address for our drawing. We’ll draw the winners from the comments and contact them via email. Deadline: Jan. 24, 2007 (midnight). The winners will have 24 hours to claim their prize or a new winner will be chosen.
** Congratulations to Donna Fenton and Joanna Dreifus, the winners of the Fleurville giveaway! Thank you to everyone who took the time to read the review and add a comment. Keep reading the Daily Dish for your chance to participate in more giveaways!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:31 am
I love “good for Mother Earth” items! These products sound great.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Those are great! Thanks for sharing!
January 17th, 2008 at 7:31 am
I love the idea of a re-run bag! It’s so great to see companies who are actually somewhat concerned with the environment, not just making money. And these are so cute as well!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:17 am
very cool. i love the use of recycled materials and it’s CUTE!! fingers crossed…
January 17th, 2008 at 8:21 am
sounds great!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:26 am
What a great bag!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I LOVE these!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Very retro, love it!
January 17th, 2008 at 8:37 am
After 4 babies, I need a new bag…
January 17th, 2008 at 8:50 am
love this!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:26 am
This is a fabulous idea—I love them both!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I’d love to try this out. I have a Fleurville bag I like a lot.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Oooh, nifty! Thanks for the chance to win!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:18 am
What great looking bags and I love they use recycled materials.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:30 am
These are great bags. I love how cute they are. I also like the sling tote and the escape pod.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:31 am
I would love this, it is such a cute bag!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:33 am
These would be great things to win.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:36 am
great prize!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:40 am
OOoh, I’d love to win the messenger bag!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:49 am
This looks like a great bag.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:56 am
very cool bag
January 17th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Great bags!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Great bag, very hip. Thanks for entering me!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:15 am
LOVE this idea! I want one!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:23 am
I love these!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Oh my! I love the bag and the Ipod case. Please enter me in your fabulous contest!
Thanks very, very much…..Cindi
January 17th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Love the fern! Darling.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I’m ready for a new diaper bag and this one is great!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
i’ve been dying to get my hands on one of these since i first saw them! thanks for the chance.
January 17th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
so cool! what a great giveaway!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I need a diaper bag!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I’m very intrigued by this bag. I’d love to try it out.
January 17th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
These are awesome bags and its amazing to think that they were created from waterbottles! Thanks for the chance
January 17th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Love it, I’d be so happy to win!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
THese are so cute- wow and made out of garbage- who would’ve thunk. Sign us up!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
What a cool bag
I would love to be a more hip mommy! Thank you so much!!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I can never have enough diaper bags!
January 17th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Love it, so cute and great color.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
These are awesome!
January 17th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I would love, love, love this bag! Thanks for the great giveaway!
January 17th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
this is so awesome! perfect for our growing family! thanks for the great giveaway!
January 17th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
What a great bag! I do my best by using cloth diapers all the time, even traveling. I hadn’t even thought about using plastic bottles in fabric.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
These look like great bags!! With a new baby coming soon, this would be perfect! Thanks for the great giveaway!
January 17th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
OH my goodness! What a cute bag! I was checking it out the other day and I’ve been wanting it ever since
January 17th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
These bags look so sharp! I hope I win… I will be the envy of my mommy-group! I also love the eco-friendlyness of it… I’m glad these water bottles found a good use… it makes me feel better drinking water from bottles all the time knowing that some lucky bottles will become a cute diaper bag!
January 17th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
So cute! I need this!
January 17th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
oooh. Want!
January 17th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
How cute is this! It doesn’t even look like a diaper bag.
January 17th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
GREAT bags!!
January 17th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Perfect! We desperately need a better diaper bag!
January 17th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Oh, I’d love a new diaper bag!
January 17th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
I adore Fleurville bags. I would really love to win one.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
That is cool. Thanks.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I’m doing anything and everything I can to go green these days. Would love to have these bags as part of my effort to reduce my carbon footprint!
January 18th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Please pick me! I love these bags! Mahalo!
January 18th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Yey, please enter me!
January 18th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Thank you for a fun give-away!
January 18th, 2008 at 6:46 am
These look great!
January 18th, 2008 at 6:56 am
I’d love to win one of these!
January 18th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Ooh, what awesome bags!
January 18th, 2008 at 8:09 am
I love it, count me in!!
bebemiqui82 (at) yahoo (dot) com
January 18th, 2008 at 8:10 am
These are so cool
January 18th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I love it!
January 18th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Love it!
January 18th, 2008 at 9:01 am
So cool!
January 18th, 2008 at 9:58 am
I heart fluerville. pretty please pick me!
January 18th, 2008 at 10:29 am
wow, these are fabulous!
January 18th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Oh this would be perfect for my expecting daughter! Please count me in!
January 18th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
These are amazing – you would never guess they were made out of recycled materials! count us in
January 18th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
My wife would love to have this prize!
January 18th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
This is a great prize!
January 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I would love to win this. Pick me
January 18th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Fabulous! I love companies who are helping the environment.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Sooo cool
Love the giveaways Daria!
January 18th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
LOVE these bags
I’m expecting baby #4 in a few months and am looking for a new bag. These are great
January 18th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Love the Re-run bag! Style, function, and eco-friendly…what could be better?
January 18th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
What an awesome idea!
January 18th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I really can’t believe this is a diaper bag! Wow!
January 18th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Wow.. what a sleek, stylish and GREEN bag. I love that they’re taking trash and making it beautiful, one water bottle at a time!
January 18th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Such a cute bag! I love the colors! Thanks for sharing.
January 18th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Looks Great,I would to win either one.
January 18th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I go “green” every chance I get, so thanks to Fleurville for these great bags. Suzanne
January 18th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I’ll take the red one please! Love that it’s good for the environment too . . .
January 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
i love fleurville! i have their escape pod and it’s perfect!
January 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
oops, sorry, i forgot i already posted. my two boys sidetracked me!
January 18th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Oh! Love fleurville… Have for a while- Hope I win!!
inalak@msn.com
January 18th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
What a wonderful giveaway. It is so unique and attractive. Thanks so much.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
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January 18th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
LOVE the recycled materials, and the design is great- beautiful bag!
January 18th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Love the micro pod, what a great item for an on the go mom!!
January 18th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
This is an awesome give away! sj1026 at gmail dot com or sjones1026 at hotmail dot com.
January 18th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
How cool! Thanks for sharing..
January 18th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
we would love to win one of these!! thanks
January 18th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
oh yummy! I have a little one coming soon and that awesome bag would be perfect!!
January 18th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Fabulous bags! Love them! Would love to have one! What a great idea to make such beautiful creations from recycled trash! Thanks for sharing!
January 18th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
These bags sound fantastic. Now that my daughter is getting older, I’d love to downsize my diaper bag. Finally!
January 18th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Count me in!
January 18th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
how cool!! i’ve never seen these before. thanks for sharing these cool bags with us.
January 19th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Cute bags!
January 19th, 2008 at 7:42 am
I have been looking for a new diaper bag and this looks perfect
January 19th, 2008 at 9:22 am
These are awesome bags! I love that they are ‘green’
January 19th, 2008 at 9:22 am
These are awesome bags! I’d love to have one
January 19th, 2008 at 11:59 am
AWESOME bags
Count me in please!
January 19th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
omg! i adore fleur! and even better recycled.
January 19th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Those are really cool bags! I could really use them because of how they would easily help me stay organized!
January 19th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Great bag! Love that it is earth-friendly!
January 19th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
i want!
January 20th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Nice!! Count me in please. Thanks!
January 20th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Love these “green” bags! Would absolutely love to have one!
January 20th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I do like the idea of recycled items, these look very nice!
January 20th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I’d love to win, so please count me in. Thanks for the chance! Have a great week!
Jennifer H.
January 20th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
These look amazing. I would love to use these. Thanks for the great giveaway!
January 20th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Love the site, Love the bags!
rachelsarella(@)gmail(.)com
January 20th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
What a great idea! Thanks for the chance to win these.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:53 am
This is a fantastic bag. Thanks!
January 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I would love to have one of these bags! Thanks!
January 21st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
The idea of re-run is wonderful. More like it please
January 21st, 2008 at 5:58 pm
I would LOVE to win either one but I’ve been wanting a Fleurville bag for so long now!! lol
January 21st, 2008 at 10:03 pm
What a great product, to tote and tout the recycling message – i’d love one to show off!
January 21st, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Goodness, that Laxie tote that is coming in Feb is so cute!
taowyn (at) gmail (dot) com
January 21st, 2008 at 10:45 pm
gorgeous bag
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:47 am
Love, love, love it
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:14 am
I’ve seen these in person and they are beautiful.
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Oh, wow! Awesome prizes, and so useful and convenient!
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 pm
so impressed with this item!! Great bag!! I would be proud to tote this everywhere!!
January 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 am
I officially love Fleurville.
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:02 am
In a perfect world, everything I owned would be Fleurville. I adore their products. But unfortunately, I have to adore eating above it. I would so love to win this!
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Love the bag – so funky and cool!
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
what great bag!
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
this is really neat
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
What a great bag!
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Oh wow! What a FANTASTIC idea! Thank you for sharing this review with us! I would be thrilled to carry that little one around- perfect for those extra little things I need to take on walks with my 18-month-old!
January 24th, 2008 at 4:59 am
Count me in.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:00 am
What a great concept! These days I’m looking for more alternatives to the plastic grocery bag, so I love these “green” products! Thanks for creating such a unique and environmentally friendly product.
January 24th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
It is so stylish. I’d love to win it.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
I bid on a bunch of these bags on Ebay and never won—Please pick me, my baby is 8 weeks old and I am still using my purse as a diaper bag.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
ummm…yes I would love to be entered in this completely amazing giveaway. I’ve been looking for a bag like this forever! thanks!
January 24th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Its great that more and more products are being made with recycled materials. Who would’ve thought of a recycled diaper bag.
January 24th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
OK so the truth is that I can’t (and would never) roll large like David Beckham but I guess the nice thing about winning a bag like this is that it makes it even more unlikely that I will be producing 163 tons of carbon dioxide a year like he does. Ugh…can you imagine?
January 24th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Count me in!
December 5th, 2008 at 12:29 am
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