Another story from Glamour’s fashion editor Jetteke during her trip in Peru for work. Jetteke visited Mario Testino’s sister Giuliana whom is a great designer in her homeland. “Giuliana is just an amazing woman and designs a beautiful collection of knitwear, very special”. All of her work is handcrafted, using techniques of crochet, hand knitting, macramé and embroidery. Due to the craft and element of handmade knitwear, each item has an identity of its own, with some designs that can take up to one month to complete. Testino only uses natural fibres of mercerized pima cotton and baby alpaca blends, with a majority of the shades free of chemical and synthetic dyes. The alpacas live at 14000 feet above sea level, where contamination is almost non existent due to the argental territory. More info check: Giuliana Testino

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