Alpaca Fashion

In Peru, white alpacas dominate the landscape. Thier fleece is easily dyed — a boon to South American cultures that revel in bright colors.

In the United States we are more inclined toward natural colors, and alpacas provide this feature more than any other fiber animal on earth. Their fleece ranges from beige to mahogany fawns and browns, silver to charcoal grays and rose grays and, of course, true black and white. Alpaca fiber grows longer and faster than the fleece of camel or vicuna.

Alpaca incorporates the finest features of the world's natural fiber. It is as soft as cashmere and warmer and stronger than wool. Today’s consumer searches for high quality, environmentally sound products made of naturally renewable resources.

Alpaca fleece is utilized in the international clothing industry for high-end fashions and accessories. Italy and China are the largest purchasers of alpaca fleece from Peru, processing it into woven and knit goods, sold to the world market.

• "Like wearing a cloud" is how a recent customer describes her new alpaca sweater.
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• Hollywood actors clothed in period garments prefer alpaca because it is lighter-weight and softer than wool, and not itchy when worn against their skin.
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• Tipper Gore wore a suit made of alpaca to the 1997 inauguration.
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• Lustrous fabric woven from the silky suri alpaca drapes nicely — one alpaca owner had her Wedding Gown made from suri cloth.

The alpaca provides fleece just as it has for thousands of years, to create warm, colorful garments, soft to the touch. Classically styled alpaca sweaters and suits last for generations.

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