Bags & Belts [Back to Top]

• Accessories Unlimited of Maine (Cornish, ME): handbags, totes, and luggage in beautiful fabrics, designed and sewn in Maine
• August Lately (West Newberry, VT): fabric purses, wallets, jewelry and other accessories, designed and made in Vermont
• B.B. Simon (Tustin, CA): leather belts decorated with Swarovski Crystals
• CBH Studio (Ayer, MA): American-made, fun vinyl backpacks, lunch bags, and handbags for kids and teens
• CoolTote (Reno, NV): CoolTote insulated lunch sacks, wine bags, and travel coolers in lots of wonderful fabric designs (site contains a few imported items, not of the CoolTote brand)
• Dream Bags (Chicago, IL): leather and tapestry backpacks, handbags, evening purses, belts and more
• Earthchic (Mobile, AL): wonderful tote bags made from Ecospun, a fabric made completely from recycled soda bottles!
• Hero Bags (San Francisco, CA): reusable shopping bags and totes, made from recycled cotton and post-consumer plastic
• The Hitchin Post (Warsaw, NY): deerskin moccasins, handbags, wallets and accessories
• J. W. Hulme Co. (St. Paul, MN): manufacturer of leather and canvas luggage, bags, brief cases, purses, and sporting bags
• Leather Artisan (Adirondack Park, NY): leather handbags, wallets, briefcases, and moccasins
• Libaire (Berkeley, CA): stylish purses, totes and backpacks made in Northern California of Swedish leather.
• Mackerilla Design (Santa Cruz, CA): beautiful bags, totes, and packs made from upholstery remnants, many Italian-made fabrics. Instead of being discarded, these "bolt ends" are made into wonderful products.
• Maple Leather Co. (Rosemont, NJ): incredible handbags, backpacks, and totes in leather and tapestry fabrics. I treated myself to one of these.
• Natural Reflections (Naples, NY): leather purses, handbags, wallets, belts, fanny packs (great prices!)
• North Star Leather (Ruby, SC): leather wallets, purses, hats, shop aprons and gifts for guys--this site has a wide range of leather products, all made in USA
• Posh Handbags: fun and funky handbags from "Posh by Tori", available from My Amazon Store
• Sole Survivor Leather Goods (Belleville, IL): a great assortment of leather belts, bags, caps, and wristbands ( belt buckles mostly imported )
• Tote Me Around (St. Louis, MO): stylish totes and golf cart seat covers, hand-crafted in USA
• Yvonne Totes (Auburndale, WI): handbags, shopping totes, pouches, travel pillows, and athletic bags

Insulated Lunch Sacks

Gloves & Hats [Back to Top]

• Bollman Hat Co. (Adamstown, PA): making wool felt hats since 1868. Although a growing percent of product is imported, Eddy Bros , Bailey , and Country Gentleman brands still include a number of American-made hats. Available from Hats.com (Look for "Made in USA" in product details)
• Newberry Knitting (Schenectady, NY): quality wool mittens and leather gloves
• North Star Leather (Ruby, SC): leather hats and caps, along with wallets, purses, and much more
• Sullivan Glove (Bend, OR): leather dress, sport, and work gloves for men and women
• Carolina Glove (Conover, NC): children's acrylic gloves and fleece mittens, plus a wide variety of adult work gloves
• Fox River Mills (Osage, IA): makers of the classic "red heel" socks (famous as working socks and Sock Monkeys!), Fox River also makes knitted glove liners, and ragg wool gloves and mittens
• Quality Fleece (Fall River, MA): fleece hats, scarves, and throws made from Polartec fleece
• Wristies (Lowell, MA): fingerless gloves of softest Polartec fleece, for adults and kids, in lots of great colors and patterns

Jewelry [Back to Top]

• Lovell Designs (Portland, ME): discovered on a recent trip to Maine, these nature-inspired designs in silver and gold must be seen to be believed.
• Relios Jewelry (Albuquerque, NM): American-made jewelry of silver and gemstones, using only recovered precious metals, in wonderful styles with a Southwestern flair. I love the option to shop by color!
• Stuart Nye Jewelry (Ashville, NC): handwrought silver jewelry since 1933, including their trademark dogwood design

Socks & Scarves [Back to Top]

• 3 Fe Apparel (West Port, CT): a unique buttoned scarf, handknit of Italian cashmere with wooden buttons
• Cabot Hosiery Mills (Northfield, VT): makers of Darn Tough Vermont all-weather performance socks of high-density knit with arch and ankle support, in Merino wool and Coolmax. Available from Winter Footwear
• E.G.Smith : cotton tights and socks, made in USA
• Fox River Mills (Osage, IA): makers of the classic "red heel" socks (famous as working socks and Sock Monkeys!), Fox River also has a wide variety of outdoor and sports socks of wool, cotton, and Ingeo (a corn-based fiber). Socks for men, women, and kids.
• Socks4Life (Charlotte, NC): a great online retailer that specializes in American-made socks for men, women, and kids. The very few imported items are noted in product descriptions.
• Solmate Socks (South Strafford, VT): multi-colored knit socks, mismatched for more fun! Kids socks sold as "a pair, and a spare"
• Spanx (Atlanta, GA): trouser socks, tights, and panty hose made in USA. ( Spanx - As Seen on The Oprah Show Spanx - As Seen on The Oprah Show )
• Sweet Suzy (Wethersfield, CT): silk and chiffon scarves, shawls, and wraps
• Thorlos Socks (Statesville, NC): activity-specific socks (for work, outdoor activity, sports, and military) with extra cushioning for greater comfort
• Wheel House Designs: fun socks in loads of great patterns, including holiday, designed in VT and knit in NC
• Wigwam Mills (Sheboygan, WI): many styles of socks for work, sports, and play. I love the soft and fuzzy plush socks in pastel colors. Available from Freshpair

Wheel House Designs