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FACT: Alpaca is a high-quality fiber with top designers around the world using Alpaca del Peru in their collections, such as Prada, Isabel Marant, Jenni Kayne, Jonathan Simkhai, Ulla Johnson, Tibi, ...

In this March 9, 2016 photo, yarn made from alpaca fiber lays inside a storage area at a weaving workshop where women spin alpaca hair into yarn for a company in Ajoyani village of the Puno department ...

PUNO, Peru (AP) — The 4 million alpacas that graze on the remote slopes of Peru’s southeastern Andes wear warm coats of a silky fiber highly sought in the United States, Europe and Asia. Colored in ...

I'm a gear and travel writer splitting time in Colorado and Alaska. When we think of tough, versatile outdoor gear, we usually picture jackets, backpacks and boots made from high-tech fabrics that ...

PUNO, Peru (AP) -- The 4 million alpacas that graze on the remote slopes of Peru's southeastern Andes wear warm coats of a silky fiber highly sought in the United States, Europe and Asia. Colored in ...

About five years ago, fashion designer Ulla Johnson traveled to Peru for a sourcing trip. It was there she was first introduced to the alpaca fiber at several knitting and weaving cooperatives around ...