Own a handbag or accessory made from your favorite movie!
Each item is created from random frames of specific movies, and every style is available in several different titles.

deja bags

Fashion accessories made from
repurposed 35MM movie films.

Own a handbag or accessory made from your favorite movie!
Each item is created from random frames of specific movies,
and every style is available
in several different titles.

deja bags

Fashion accessories made from
repurposed 35MM movie films.

deja bags

Fashion accessories made from
repurposed 35MM movie films.

Own a handbag or accessory made from your favorite movie!

Each item is created from random frames of specific movies, and every style is available in several different titles.

THE PRODUCTS

All of our products are handmade, and with the exception of our adult and other vintage films from the 70's, are also crafted using 35mm movie film from movies that have previously run in theaters between 2004 and 2012 , when digital took over the industry.

The film during this time was made using Mylar, a type of polyester that is so durable that it cannot be torn by the naked hand, which allows products extreme durability in addition to being lightweight. The Adult Collection and Vintage Films are crafted using non-flammable 35mm celluloid movies, lined with a clear durable Mylar film leader to protect the celluloid from tearing.

Each product is made from a small portion of a specific movie, as the frames are cut from the reel as needed to make each item. We have many different movies per style, with only one title per item, and the name of the available movies can be found in a drop-down menu next to the item on the product page.

Movie film is about 24 frames per second of the movie, so if it takes about 10 feet of film to make one of these items, it's only about 20 seconds of the entire movie. And as movie film presents with frames that are positive images (not negatives) it is easy to see and recognize frames of the actual movie in your item! All you have to do is hold it up to the light!

On the tag of most of our products you will notice a name for that particular style, such as "Angel", "Edinburgh", "Sundance", "Toronto", "Berlin", "Venice", "Pusan" and "Cannes". These are famous film festivals from around the world for which we have named each style. The name of the particular movie is also located on the tag.

Where we get THE FILM

Prior to digital, distributors picked up movies after their run in theaters and paid to have them destroyed, as all of the copies of films that ran at the same time in theaters across the country could not be archived or did the industry want them to be vulnerable to pirating.
Therefore, we negotiated an agreement with the distributors to give us two reels from each movie when they were done in theaters instead of paying to have them professionally destroyed. We were never given all the reels of a full feature, so as to make sure pirating was not an issue. We love these win-win situations!