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Benetton's Alpaca
Collection
Benetton’s 2007 fall-winter collection has
predominantly a Peruvian touch — Peruvian cotton and alpaca were
the protagonists in a fashion parade presenting the new 2007 autumn-winter
collection of Italian brands ‘United Colors of Benetton’ and ‘Sisley’ at Lima,
Peru.
Most combinations were, including dress
oats and sweaters, were made with
Peruvian raw material known for its impressive quality, said world famous
designer Luciano Benetton who presented the parade.
The fashion
items, which are supposed to make a big splash in Europe,
were mostly casual wear with full, bright typical Peruvian
Colors, Predominantly orange, fuchsia, purple, green and
yellow.“Peru will always be a source of
inspiration for us. In this collection the
county of Peru is present in all our brands and styles through the raw materials
we used for our designs like cotton, wool, especially alpaca. We hope we can
soon include more Peruvian textile sources and styles”, he declared and assured
that Peru is on a world-wide level when it comes to fashion avant-garde.
Is not the first time that Luciano Benetton visits Peru. He revealed that on two
occasions he visited several towns in the Peruvian Andean mountains searching
for high-quality wools like alpaca and vicuña to bring his designs to life.
(source: journalperu.com)
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More
Designers
Using Alpaca
Wool In Its
Rainbow Of
Colors
December 29,
2006 3:01
p.m. EST
Linda
Young -
All
Headline
News
Staff
Writer
Chicago, IL
(AHN) -
Upscale
department
stores are
beginning to
feature more
fashions
knit from
Alpaca
fibers. This
wool has no
lanolin,
unlike
sheep's
wool, which
means it is
ready to
spin into
fiber
immediately
after it is
sheared off
the backs of
the bug-eyed
cousins to
camel's.
The fiber,
if it is
designated
"baby
alpaca" is
hypoallergenic
because the
scales of
alpaca fiber
lie down
against the
shaft of the
hair
follicle so
it doesn't
scratch as
some wool
does.
Another
thing that
has
prominent
designers
such as
Giorgio
Armani, Marc
Jacobs and
Ralph Lauren
using 100
percent
alpaca or
alpaca
blends is
that the
fibers come
in 22
natural
colors.
Natural
colors
include pure
white, and
shades of
fawn, brown,
gray and
true black.
The lighter
colors can
also be
dyed,
according to
an AP report
Thursday.
In addition
alpaca can
be combined
with sheep's
wool,
cashmere,
mohair,
angora,
acrylic and
silk.
Sweaters of
pure Alpaca
or blends
retail for
anywhere
from $28 to
$395 for
ready-wear
fashion and
$1,000 or
more for
hand knit
sweaters.
The more
expensive
sweaters
appearing in
upscale
stores such
as Neiman
Marcus.
Men can find
a nice range
of Alpaca
styles in
the Clint
Eastwood
golf sweater
collection
that
converted to
100% alpaca
in 1999.
Other
designer
labels that
use 100
percent
alpaca or
alpaca
blends
include:
Polo Ralph
Lauren,
Johnnie
Walker,
Fairway &
Greene,
Callaway
Golf, Jack
Nicklaus,
Pringle,
Bobby Jones,
and Hart
Schafner &
Marx
sportswear |
PARIS,
July 1, 2008. By
Sarah Mower,
From www.style.com
Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy has moved up to
the point where he's hitting the tricky
balance that couture demands: developing
recognizable signatures, on the one hand,
and spinning fantasy, on the other. He had a
theme for Fall—anticipating the trip to Peru
he plans to take in August.
That gave him a color
scheme, from the tobacco browns of gauchos
to the vivid pinks, folkloric alpaca blanket
stripes, and patterned knits of Inca
culture.
To his credit, though, he used those
devices to develop more of what his growing
audience has learned to love about him: his
young, modern, and urban take on chic
dressing, punctuated with incisive tailoring
and a flair for intense shots of
decoration....
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2008CTR-GIVENCHY |
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