This linen wrap top is part of a collaboration between Hilo Cusco and the cooperative of women of the community of Pucamarca, Cusco.
The Andes are filled with a great diversity of plant life and the Andean people have a rich knowledge of the use of these plants for medicines, and for natural dyes for their cloth.
Q’olle flowers, from a small tree that grows in the region, gives the yellow color. The fabric is boiled with the flowers and a variety of shades is achieved depending on the length of time the fabric remains in the solution.
“OUR CLOTHING IS MADE OF CLOTH THAT IS PATCHED - OVERDYED - PLEATED - EMBROIDERED - HANDSTITCHED - PRESSED - AND FULL OF SEAMS.”
