In Madurai, where tradition and everyday life blend quietly, the Yellow Bag Foundation reintroduced something familiar — the manjappai, or yellow cloth bag. What began as a response to plastic waste has become a thoughtful livelihood initiative, and Club Artizen is proud to partner with them.
Yellow Bag works with small tailoring units, mostly women from low-income neighbourhoods, who stitch cloth bags in a range of sizes and designs. These aren’t mass-produced factory products. Each bag is made to order — for events, retail stores, wedding favours, or corporate gifting — and is customised in terms of fabric, handle, print and quantity. Their production process is decentralised, allowing women to work from tailoring centres or even from their homes, offering both income and flexibility.
What makes Yellow Bag special is not only the product, but the intent: to revive a culture of reuse, and to create dignified work using a simple, everyday object. The signature yellow is both a nod to tradition and a quiet symbol of responsibility.
For Club Artizen, this partnership reflects shared values — craftsmanship, community, and conscious making. Many of the bags and pouches we offer are handcrafted by Yellow Bag’s sewing groups in Madurai. When you hold one, you’re holding something that has passed through skilled hands, conversations, and a collective purpose.