KUNA is the achievement of GRUPO INCA and Don Francis O. Patthey
KUNA "Feel the Hands of the Andes" is a collection of Peruvian textiles that are made with the highest quality materials and the most traditional techniques. Its commitment is to create garments of the highest quality, using the magic and art of ancient Peruvian textiles, recreated as an avant-garde proposal and a refined selection of camelid fibers, the best in the world, promoting their rational use, protecting each species and also preserving valuable ancestral knowledge, which at KUNA we articulate with the most modern technology, developing our own methods, which today allows us the privilege of offering the world our collection, an original Peruvian treasure.
KUNA, more than a name, is the meeting of two very different times and worlds: The past, through inspiration from the rich aesthetic and technical expressions of ancient Andean cultures, which reflect the harmonious relationship that its people had with nature and the world around them. And the present, through the hands of extraordinary designers who, in the selection of each color, in their strokes and in their designs, give a new life to our roots.
KUNA carries in each garment the softness of the best fiber from our alpacas, vicuñas, llamas and guanacos, but also strives to conserve, breed and improve these species, in the preservation of the Andean communities and their invaluable knowledge and culture.
KUNA brings to the world of design and fashion a style that expresses and evokes the work of nature, human skill and the legacy of a fabulous heritage and turns them into a contemporary expression with a unique and captivating style. KUNA. Feel the Hands of the Andes.
Inheritance
At Kuna we articulate that magical world of textures and color, which constitutes the ancestral textile heritage of Peru, full of manual skill and ancient secrets, whose main exponents are breeders and artisans, inhabitants of the Andes, with the application of the most modern assembled technology that is reflected in 20 years of textile experience, with a cutting-edge vision in the artistic field of design. All of this in a permanent search to go beyond, even, the satisfaction of our clients, achieving a unique and original finish to our products in the world of fashion.
Breeding and care
In the cold highlands of Puno, where the sky merges with blue mirrors of water, lies Pacomarca (The Place of Alpacas). A place dedicated to the breeding and genetic improvement of these South American camelids, through the application of cutting-edge scientific systems. In this way, the fiber obtained from alpacas is improved, preserving the species and highlighting its extraordinary qualities: softness, warmth and fineness, which have made it recognized throughout the world. At Kuna we are convinced that the high quality of our products is nothing more than the sum of small details made with true care, both by the skilled hands of master craftsmen and by the application of our own high technology, the product of our research. Thus, each of our products carries the sum of an intention with a high human content, respect for nature and care for the environment, whose main goal is to achieve the satisfaction of our customers.
PACOMARCA Scientific Research Experimental Station