UK Alpaca yarns have been used by students at Central Saint Martins in London to create garments that won first place in the Gucci Project. The project was six weeks long and the group worked directly with the Head of Knitwear and Studio Director of Gucci. The fashion promotion and communication students who were part of the group did all the photography and film promotion and also won first place for innovation and creativity.
Adnan Jalal, knitwear designer said:”It was really great news that we won the project and Gucci hopefully will be developing our designs and promoting the collection.
Both the pink costs contain the alpaca yarn. The light candy pink coat has been felted with a woven fabric where the alpaca has provided texture to the coat, and the darker pink coat is all hand tufted and is primarily a mix of alpaca yarn and mohair yarn. Both coats were dyed after the knit fabric was made”.
UK Alpaca is based in Devon and manufactures fully worsted alpaca yarns with full provenance made from the fleeces of alpacas farmed in Britain. www.ukalpaca.com