“Sustainability and alpaca are synonyms,” says Director of Trade Commission of Peru in New York

Peru is a neglected treasure trove of sustainable options for the fashion industry. So believes Conrado Falco, Director of OCEX, the Trade Commission of Peru in New York. In organizing last month’s Perú Moda, he told FashionUnited, his aim was not only to return Peru to pre-recession glory days when its export amounted to 2 billion dollars, but to increase it to 3 billion. And while previously Pima cotton was the big draw, Falco now hopes that 1 billion of that profit wil l come from alpaca.