Eco-Friendly Accessories Company Caters to the Demand for Eco-Chic Accessories for Women & Children

YORK HARBOR, Maine - May 1, 2013 - PRLog -- While the beginning of Spring has many people storing their winter gear, Jack and Mary Designs is busy creating the cold weather accessories that consumers will be coveting come next winter. The eco-friendly accessories company, which designs and manufactures fashion-forward hats, scarves, mittens, fingerless mittens, headbands and flower pins, made from recycled sweaters, is meeting the growing demand for their unique, one-of-a-kind, colorful, hand-crafted accessories.

Already a favorite among style-savvy, eco-conscious women, the Maine-based company http://www.jackandmarydesigns.com/ recently debuted a much-anticipated line of children’s accessories. And as consumers increasingly seek unique, environmentally-friendly, American-made products, companies like Jack and Mary Designs are proving that fashion, functionality and sustainability can coexist beautifully.

From the Ski Slopes to the Sidewalks...

A former interior designer, Marilyn Robertson, channeled her eye for design and love of color into launching Jack and Mary Designs in 2004. “Initially I was focusing on creating handbags from sweaters,” Robertson says. “In 2009, a friend asked me to make handbags as gifts for her sisters using the sweaters their late mother had worn to her sister’s Olympic ski races,” she explained. “After making the bags, the sweater sleeves were left over so I made mittens out of the sleeves. The mittens took off.”

Since then, Robertson has been focusing her creative talent exclusively on creating her line of cold weather accessories. The company’s best-selling mittens, fingerless mittens, hats, scarves, headbands and flower pins, which combine fashion and functionality, are currently sold at 75 retailers, as well as on the company’s Web site http://jackandmaryhandbags.com/.

“Winter can be such a somber season,” Robertson noted. “So I keep the line, colorful, happy…The pieces are functional with a zippy pop of color that always makes people smile.”

Style and Sustainability

In addition to bringing joy to the customers who don her polka dot scarves, flower-adorned hats, and stylish fingerless mittens, Jack and Mary Designs’ business model also supports the environment and fosters the local business community.

All of the Maine-based company’s products are created from recycled sweaters. Robertson, a mother of four, scours local thrift stores for the sweaters that she uses to create the unique, one-of-a-kind accessories. “Many of the thrift stores, where I get the sweaters, put proceeds back into the community to support various causes and organizations,” Robertson explained.

A mill in Maine die-cuts the patterns for the mittens and local seamstresses sew the company’s mittens and other accessories.

Transforming sweaters into beautiful, unique accessories that are conversation pieces, and keep people cozy, warm and stylish has propelled Jack and Mary Designs into a thriving, socially responsible business at the forefront of fashion and the green movement.

About Jack and Mary Designs:

Since 2004, Jack and Mary Designs has been creating hand-crafted, charming accessories made from recycled sweaters. The company’s cold weather accessories line, featuring scarves, hats, mittens, fingerless mittens, headbands and flower pins, has earned the company a loyal following of style-conscious, eco-minded consumers, who value designer and founder, Marilyn Robertson’s commitment to creating fashion-forward, functional, stylish accessories that are hand-made in Maine. With the 2013 debut of their children’s accessories line, Jack and Mary Designs remains at the forefront of women’s and children’s fashion and the green movement. Jack and Mary Designs products are sold at 75 retailers, as well as online at JackandMaryDesigns.com.

For additional information regarding retail and wholesale opportunities please visit http://www.jackandmarydesigns.com/wholesale/.