Vicuña
THE FIBRE OF THE GODS
Vicuña is considered one of the finest and rarest fibres in the world. For the Inca people it was the “fibre of the gods”, reserved for the emperor only.
The vicuña fibre is obtained from the fleece of a small South American camelid, closely related to camels, alpacas and llamas, that lives wild in the Andes. The fleece of this animal is made up of exceptionally soft, shiny and fine fibres, with a diameter of only 12 µm.
RARE AND PRECIOUS
The shearing of the Vicuñas takes place every two years and each animal yields just over 100 grams of fibre.
The difficulty of obtaining it due to the low number of existing specimens added to the minimum amount of wool produced are the main reasons that explain the exclusivity of this outstanding raw material.
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