Alpaca Wool Is Ethical, Cruelty-Free, Sustainable, And Regenerative

True sustainable fashion, is actually regenerative fashion, and what movements like Fibershed are showcasing, is that with regional fiber systems that build healthy soil and protect the health of our biosphere, we can create clothing in a way that leaves the planet better off for the fact the creation has occurred.

One such regenerative fashion fiber, though ‘foreign’, can be created with ethical alpaca wool. Alpaca wool is a noble fiber, gifted by gracious grazers whose kind have inhabited Peruvian lands for 40+ million years . They create the foundation of garments so beautifully pure and lovingly made, each piece acts as amorous armour to the outside world.⁣⁣

ETHICAL ALPACA

Gathered while the earth is in full bloom from alpacas kept as pets, the fibres are cleaned and spun before they are traditionally knit. For a brand called Mantari (pictured), each alpaca item by the hands of 100 mothers working in their own homes in the Junín region of the Peruvian Amazon, supporting indigenous ways of life and protecting indigenous lands.

SUSTAINABLE ALPACA

Undyed, yet exploding in a spectrum of whites, browns, beiges, and greys, they leave a small train of un-tainted water behind them ensuring the earth is not harmed in a garment’s creation.⁣ The natural state of the fleece invites each piece to return to the earth from which they sprung when the garments they become have lived their lives.⁣ The process leaves waste wanting, as every inch fibre is respected and appreciated in a way long forgotten by our kind. ⁣

REGENERATIVE ALPACA

The alpaca who donate these fibers are nature’s perfect lawnmower, ‘ruminants’ they’re called, who eat less than most other domesticated animals and aid in the regeneration of the soil they wander on. With Indigenously led holistic planned grazing methods, Alpacas help regenerate the soil, giving back more than is taken and drawingdown carbon as they go.

CRUELTY-FREEE ALPACA

To mistreat these conscious creatures would mean certain death to any business who hopes to benefit from their generous gifts, as they cannot thrive or produce fleece without the love and companionship of their kin and those who mind them.

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