Chocolate brown leather "Impression" handbag by Rosario Pazel, $139.99 at Novica.com.

Novica.com — a part of the National Geographic family — is an online emporium of fair-trade fashion. And for one lucky EthicalStyle.com reader, it’s going to be where you score your next handbag.

Email ethicalstylemag@gmail.com or Tweet your entry by posting #ethicalstyle on Twitter.com before midnight PDT on Friday, July 31, for your chance to win a $150 gift certificate to Novica.com.

But first, a little background info…

Novica features more than 30,000 limited edition and one-of-a-kind handmade works of art, from jewelry and clothes to housewares. Over the past 10 years, Novica has given more than 50,000 artisans the opportunity to sell their work on the open market. 

So which fair-trade handbag has your name on it? Will it be a slouchy sling bag? Something in rich brown leather for fall? A new tote for your laptop? The perfect evening clutch? Let your imagination run wild!

No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win sweepstakes. A purchase will not improve chances of winning. Promotions begin on July 30, 2009, and end on July 31, 2009. One potential winner will be selected by random drawing on August 3, 2009, and notified via email or Twitter. For the list of winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to EthicalStyle.com, P.O. Box 46808, West Hollywood, Calif. 90046.