The collection with the finest Alpaca fibre in a partnership with Pacomarca Alpaca Research Facility. Alpaca fibre has a variety of functions unique to wild animals.

Cut/Sew T-Shirt with Embroidery

Cut/Sew Long Sleeve Shirt with Embroidery

Brushed Scarf

Brushed Scarf Check

Non Brushed Large Stole

Multi Coloured Scarf

Gloves

Glovelettes

Hand Warmers

Rib Hat

Suri Crew

Suri Cardigan

Suri Zip Hoody Cardigan

V-Neck Pullover

Big Brushed Stole

Hoody Scarf

Mock Neck

Kusunoki Gift Set

Alpaca Products

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This project represents our passion and mission to produce the finest alpaca knitwear and accessories in the world.

Country and region

Material

Baby Alpaca / Royal Alpaca / Supreme Royal Alpaca / Natural Black Alpaca

Quality

Micron range

We only source from traditionally herded alpaca through fair and direct trade with complete traceability throughout the supply chain.

Sustainability

Empowerment of the indigenous people in the Andes through fair and direct trade, healthcare and education.

Mission

Since 2006 we have travelled the South American Andes. Through this journey we have forged a partnership with Pacomarca Alpaca Research Facility to produce the finest alpaca fibre in the world.

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[Pacomarca](https://pacomarca.com/en/) is a research facility created due to the steady decline in the fine alpaca fibre production over the past 30 years in the Andean regions. The heritage, culture and way of life for the indigenous communities in these rural and harsh environments has been jeopardised through government abandonment resulting in lack of support from educational organisations and investment for the poorest people in the country. More than five million indigenous people live below the poverty line in the highlands of Peru.

Rural women are the worst affected and nearly 70 per cent of them are extremely poor. Rural women play an important role in the subsistence economy. They work in agriculture and tend livestock, such as alpacas, and they engage in income-generating activities. Women may represent as much as 80 per cent of a family’s labour force and thanks to their productive activities, in addition to traditional household tasks and child-care, women make it possible for their husbands to migrate in search of temporary work, often in the growing mining industry.  

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The people of the Andes

Empowerment of women

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The Pacomarca project endeavours to breed pedigree alpacas, using state-of-the-art technology and specialised veterinarian personnel. Here they have created systems and hold seminars for the herding communities teaching basic shearing techniques and fibre sorting procedures, which empowers the herders with knowledge to generate a much greater income from their existing herds. As this is a vital aspect for fine alpaca fibre production, the herders have the opportunity to increase their revenue from the raw fibre without having to invest in expensive equipment. The motive and intention behind this initiative is purely to better the raw fibre needed for the fine-fibre market’s demand and to incentivise the indigenous communities’ original way of life without splitting families to create economic stability.

Our relationship with Pacomarca has resulted in a special partnership to produce the finest alpaca fibre available in the world. Together with new ideas and projects to create further income generating opportunities for the indigenous communities, we and Pacomarca endeavour to be in the vanguard of the fine-fibre production in The Andes.

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The mission

The finest alpaca

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Alpacas have been domesticated for over 5.000 years by the indigenous people of South America, for their exceptionally fine wool. The Incas, who once ruled the natural environment of the alpaca (Peru, Bolivia and Chile), spun the remarkable fibre to produce luxurious fabrics exclusively for their divine royalty.

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Alpaca fleece is soft and contains almost no lanolin, which makes it hypoallergenic. The unique hollow core of the fibre gives the alpaca wool a natural insulation that keeps in or lets out body heat according to body warmth and the temperature of the surrounding environment.

The warmth of nature

Our alpaca project was the beginning of our journey in working out how to realise a supply of truly unique quality of products without any exploitation throughout the supply chain. It is our case study into everything our mission and vision has been built on.

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About

Stockist

The Inoue Brothers is a design/art studio based on a common love for two cultures, Japanese sensibility and Scandinavian simplicity. They call it Scandinasian design.