Alpaca is the precious, soft and warm wool of the South American camelid of the same name, bred for millennia in the high Andes. The alpaca fibre is lighter, warmer and stronger than sheep's wool, contains no lanolin (so it is hypoallergenic), hardly pills and has a natural silky sheen. Alpaca comes in more than twenty natural shades — from white to deep black. It is knitted into sweaters, cardigans, hats, scarves and woven into luxurious coating fabrics that combine lightness, warmth and noble softness. Fine baby-class alpaca is especially prized. Historically this wool was sacred to the Inca peoples. Alpaca is the embodiment of natural, high-mountain luxury, in which an ancient tradition and the unique properties of the fibre give exceptional warmth and softness.
