ART. PURE VICUNA V. DARK BLUE

100% VICUNA PERU – MADE IN ITALY (BIELLA)

PRICE € 2.800 /MT

(MARKET VALUE €6,000)

GSM 350/360 –  W 150 CM

SAMPLE (10 x 10 cm): € 30 EACH

STAMPED “100% VICUNA PERU” (COMPLETED WITH LABELS). UNISEX FABRIC SUITABLE FOR: JACKETS, SHIRTS, STOLES, SCARVES, SKIRTS, DRESSES, TROUSERS, SOFT COATS (NEED LINED), CAPES, ETC.

For cleaning, ask specialized centers for dry cleaning only; do not bleach. Do not tumble dry; iron at low heat.

A fabric of absolute rarity and value, made from pure vicuña, the world’s most exclusive textile fiber, crafted in Biella according to the finest Italian manufacturing tradition.

The distinctive strength of this quality lies in the fiber’s undiminished purity, combined with a deep, intense, and elegant blue, achieved through a highly specialized dyeing process that preserves the vicuña’s extraordinary characteristics: lightness, silkiness, extreme finesse, and natural luminosity.

Dyeing pure vicuña black, without compromising its structure, feel, and reflections, is an extremely complex technical process, reserved for very few top-quality wool mills. The result is a solid, velvety, and sophisticated black, never dull, with a sartorial presence.

The fabric stands out for its exceptional softness and silky feel, with a full body, exceptional warmth, and impeccable drape, ideal for high-end tailored garments.

An exceptional and unrepeatable opportunity to access one of the world’s most precious fibers at an extraordinarily advantageous price, reserved for connoisseurs, elite tailors, and collectors.
This positioning is made possible by directly importing the yarn from Biella artisans, avoiding the impact of brand-related costs.

*VICUÑA: history of the most precious fabric in the world

The most precious and exclusive textile fiber in the world comes from the smallest of the South American camelids: the vicuña.

Eighty percent of this protected species, of which there are approximately 180,000 specimens today, live in the Andes, on enormous farms that allow them to live in the wild. This animal, considered sacred by the Incas, risked extinction from 1572, the year marking the end of the Inca Empire, until the 1970s.

The decline of this breed, which began following Spanish colonization, was caused first by the conquistadors and then by poachers who persecuted this animal for centuries in search of its highly prized fleece.

In 1960, there were approximately 5,000 specimens, compared to the 3 million present in the sixteenth century. Thus, between the 1960s and 1970s, the Peruvian state began its first attempts to protect this animal species, resulting in the creation of nature reserves and the issuance of decrees regulating its killing and trade.

It was in Washington, in 1976, that the vicuña was included in Appendix I, reserved for species requiring the highest level of protection. This action, undertaken by the UN international convention regulating trade in endangered animals and plants, decreed the end of all forms of exploitation of the vicuña.

Numerous reasons justify the preciousness of this animal’s coat, which is considered so valuable that it is even nicknamed the “Fleece of the Gods.” The difficulty of obtaining it due to the small number of existing specimens is compounded by the minimal amount of wool produced by this adult animal, which is about 100 grams of fiber every two years, a minimal amount considering that a coat requires the fleece of about 25-30 adult animals.

Finally, the outermost layer of hair that the vicuña produces. As it develops, it has a fiber diameter of 12 microns, thinner than cashmere, which measures 15 µm. This makes it one of the most prized fibers in the world and also explains its soft, lustrous appearance and nickname, “fiber of the gods.”