earthy clothing

Evoking the Andean wind, this ruana from Peru combines tan and black with a stippled ombre pattern for a luscious addition to your wardrobe. Isidoro C'cahuantico designs the soft alpaca blend ruana, giving it a reversible design to suit your mood.

Warm shades of tan, brown and black exalt the fertile Andean earth. Working in luxurious alpaca, Faustino Maldonado creates a men's poncho with pre-Hispanic motifs. The warm but lightweight garment is woven on the hand loom.

The chakana or Inca Cross is an ancient symbol representing the empire's traditional worldview, symbolizing the union and communication between the natural and spiritual worlds. As a sign present in many classic artworks, Peruvian artisan Waldo Berrios draws inspiration from the figure and crafts this reversible alpaca blend scarf in a palette of warm and dark shades, with a soft surface that makes it a cozy garment perfect for this winter.

In the open markets of towns throughout the Peruvian Altiplano, one can find stalls full of fresh flowers. Some of the blooms have been used for hundreds of years to create natural dyes, like the yellow kiko flower, part of the daisy family. Our reversible alpaca-blend cardigan is decorated on the front, back, and sleeves with trailing blooms and vines, featuring hand-embroidered embellishments in earthy tones of red clay, topaz, slate, and amber.