The New York-based fashion designer launches Object, a 12-piece edit of rustic, hand-built vases, pots and sculptural clayPhotography: Andres Altamirano
As the Coronavirus pandemic hit, Lauren Manoogian was concerned about the lives and livelihoods of artisans in Peru. The Brooklyn-based knitwear designer, whose label was born in Lima after a chance encounter with a factory owner some 12 years ago, today produces all her alpaca knits and cocooning cardigans in the region — her bucket bags alone take some 20 hours to hand knit. But Manoogian was faced with a challenge.
First, she participated in a charity auction organised by the design community in Lima. She then decided that a portion of proceeds from the brand’s sales would go to one of her neighbourhood food banks, close to her Brooklyn studio. But it wasn’t enough.
, crafted by a community of women in San Martin, in northern Peru — 20 per cent of proceeds will be donated to a Lima-based NGO which provides aid to vulnerable individuals and communities. ‘We were very worried about what was happening in Peru,’ she says; Latin America is currently at the centre of the pandemic, and Peru’s textile exports — worth $1.5 billion in 2018 — will be hard hit.
‘I’ve always thought that building a brand is kind of how you build a life. Adding things over time as you can and following your intuition and interests, slowly evolving and changing to the circumstances with an open mind, involving your friends and people that inspire you,’ she says. And
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