FOUNDED
in Lima, Perú. 2017.
KINUA is a brand committed to sustainability, ethical production and timeless design. Each collection is designed and produced in Perú.
We choose to work only with natural resources for this reason our products are made only with KINUA yarns, offering full traceability in each garment.
Our products are ethically made and socially responsible and they aim to preserve ancestral textile techniques while offering a modern aesthetic.
We believe in timeless fashion. For this reason rather than developing several collections per year , we develop only one, creating products that last a lifetime rather than a season.
We create collections infused of botanical dyes offering flawless sustainable biodegradable garments colored by nature created to inspire.
meet the founders
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Maira Valderrama
FOUNDER
She is an award winning fashion & textile designer. After living abroad for almost 11 years between New York, London & Paris working in the luxury fashion industry, Maira decided to come back to Peru. With studies from world’s most prestigious design schools including Parsons School of Design (New York), Central Saint Martins (London) and L’École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne (Paris) she has been researching the world of natural dyeing for the last 10 years where color becomes the main source of inspiration in every collection . Her garments combine handwork techniques with innovative design, where perfection and rawness blend to create sculptural shapes. Nothing is constant. The result is a search for emotion, individuality and expression.
Recent Awards:
2023
Vogue Knitting Kaleidoscope Fashion Show
2013
Selected as Emerging Designer - VESPOE, New York
2012
Thesis selected for exposition Saks Fifth Avenue, New York
2011
Winner Scholarship - LF U.S.A Kathy Van Zeeland, New York
2009-2012
Parsons School of Design - Graduated with Honors - Dean's List & BFA Scholarship
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Vincent Rodrigues
CO-FOUNDER
Engineer by profession but business manager by heart, he holds a bachelor's and master's degree in civil engineering from University of Porto (Portugal) and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (France). He is Maira’s husband and very passionate about fibers, in particular fiber production. He is in charge of working directly with the farmers processing all KINUA fibers in small selected high quality batches to be used in all garments. He is also very passionate about natural dyeing and together with Maira they continue researching the alchemy behind natural dyeing, exploring color in all its forms and revaluing ancestral techniques in each product they designed.
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