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Jenna Allen

Being environmentally friendly is a wonderful thing. But in fashion, being green has to be stylish, too.

That's what budding designer Jenna Allen, 22, a Lewisberry native, is striving to achieve with her handbags and other accessories. Many are made from a material that combines bamboo thread and plastic bags.

That fabric is so unique that Allen has a patent pending on it and several companies are interested in licensing it. So the 2005 Red Land High School alumna, who recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in textile design from Philadelphia's Moore College of Art & Design, is revamping her one-bedroom apartment in Philadelphia so she can make more bags.....

Read more at -  http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/06/local_moore_college_grad_has_f.html