Local personalities design alternatives to plastic bags

Bag it up
Today Online 12 Jul 08;

PLASTIC isn’t fantastic.

That is why Kiehl’s is launching its “You Can Change The World” charity project, which has eight local personalities designing a tote bag each.

These comprise pop artiste JJ Lin, celebrity hairstylist David Gan, multi-hyphenate Eunice Olsen, comedian Hossan Leong and Fly Entertainment artistes Irene Ang, Wong Li Lin, Mindee Ong and Nadya Hutagalong.

Priced at $18 each and available from next Friday, the all-natural cotton tote bags will make a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic bags.

The skin, hair and body care chain will also donate 100 per cent of the nett proceeds from the sale of these bags to benefit the Singapore Environment Council (SEC).

Which means, you can shop for your favourite beauty products, bag them in an eco-friendly tote and do your part for the SEC all at once.

David Gan

An eagle-eyed colleague spotted a couple of grammatical discrepancies in this wordy design but there’s something childlike and heartwarming in how David Gan pens a letter on behalf of Mother Nature.

So, now we know why every A-list star calls him “Mother”.

Hossan Leong

In case you aren’t cultured, our resident arts critic likens Hossan Leong’s art technique to Pointillism — a style of painting using small coloured dots to create a landscape or portrait. Now, that’s a nugget of information which will come in useful when you carry this tote to a gathering of art aficionados.

Eunice Olsen

Eunice is a politician, a TV host, a former beauty queen, an active volunteer ... the list goes on. But she’s really a girl-next-door, as her pretty depiction of a happy tree-hugger shows.

Irene Ang

While Hossan prefers the style of Pointillism, Irene Ang simply gets to the point. The slogan on her design is so bold that even your granny will see the point in not asking for plastic bags at the supermarket.

JJ Lin

We’ll leave the psychologists to figure out why JJ Lin left half of his Super Boy persona uncoloured and why the latter is wearing what looks like old-fashioned clogs or why he’s in his undies. But fans of the pop sensation won’t mind and we bet they will be first in line to snap up this design.

Wong Li Lin

She’s a mother of two. So, maybe that’s the reason behind the naggy reminders on this design. But hey, at least you have something else to read on the MRT train besides stealing glances at your fellow commuters’ copies of Today.