District Cotton Takes On Organic Cotton, Mosquito Netting
by Jasmin Malik Chua, Jersey City, USA 
on 07.26.07
The contents of your bag reveal more about you than you might think, but what about your choice of bag itself? District Cotton, a New York City-based company dedicated to fashion with a conscience, has a couple of sturdy options that are as socially and environmentally conscious as you are.
Its $18 City Map Bag (left) is made from 100 percent certified organic-cotton canvas and produced under fair labor conditions in China. The front flap latches shut with a brass clip, while the interior pocket zips up to secure loose change and mash notes.
The aptly named Mosquito bag, which comes in your choice of five colors, is enmeshed in recycled mosquito netting and stitched with decorative whorls in a fair-trade factory in Cambodia that District Cotton says exceeds International Labor Organization standards. Raincoat-material remnants from a factory floor form the $58 bag's strap and binding for added waterproofing and durability. Just one downside: The body of the bag is made from regular polyester, although the company says this may change. ::District Cotton
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Wait. A company called "District Cotton," which uses the DC flag in their designs, is based in NY?
Yeah, I don't get it. Can you even use the DC flag as your logo and not expect to be sued?
Get sued by who? Do you pay anyone to put the American flag on something? Pretty sure nobody owns the rights to the flag.
it is not a matter of being sued, but rather why would you use the DC references? also, what does that flag and name have to do with the mission? so strange!
Maybe the company is trying to change America's clothing preferences and using the DC flag is an iconographic way of referring to the center of political power in this country. I imagine they're based in NY because materials/imports are easier to coordinate in the world's financial capital.
Take it from a guy who went bald in high school, it's probably better you don't overthink things like this.