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Hand-knitted by the sea, in the fishing village of José Ignacio, Uruguay. This design is part of Paula’s permanent collection and was born in 1999 when she was doing her first collection, where the clothes were named after the letters of the alphabet. his piece is hand-woven with yarns sourced from a small but finest spinning mill in Montevideo, Uruguay, where Gabriel and his wife custom-make the fibre blends for Paula Martini’s collection. 50% alpaca and 50% merino. Shoulders width: 38 cm. Length: 120 cm
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Sustainability
Artisanal
Biodegradable
Hand Made
Natural Fibres
PAULA MARTINI Knitwear.
Paula Martini, founder and Creative Director of her homonym brand.
materials
Latin America Sourced Yarns
Inspired by the great Uruguayan tradition of the handmade, along with elegant simplicity of her natural surroundings on the ocean, Paula’s all-season designs are a unique brand, in which each piece is crafted from a select choice of yarns sourced from across Latin America and and dyed by hand in her own atelier. Day-to-night, beach-to-cocktail these are garments that play with shape and volume in a wide variety of stitches and textures. They are pieces to be cherished and kept, always outliving seasonal trends.
manufacture
Intimately Crafted By Hand
Because of Paula’s high standard of craftsmanship -and, of course, through the intimacy of the artisans’ own labors in executing her designs – these garments carry within them the sense of having been touched, enhancing the feeling of comfort and warmth in each. The pieces speak of the appreciation of patience and they become emotional clothing. Handmade was a genuine choice for Paula, an obvious extension of her natural surroundings, but it was also a way of preserving a craft that has always been practised by women in the area and that is not much embraced by younger generations.
