Learn About The Story Behind These Wallets Made By Colombian Artisans

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

In recent years, sustainable fashion has become one of the most important fashion themes. Its positive impact on the environment as well as fair trade are important issues that have made brands more aware when developing a product.

Among them is Fe Handbags, a line of handbags and accessories designed by the Colombian Valentina Palacios, with whom the expert Kika Rocha met to talk about the origin of the brand and who is behind its making. The accessories are made in collaboration with women artisans from the Embená Chamí, Gunadules and Wayuu indigenous communities who are in charge of making the applications with their traditional tribal patterns that give each bag a special touch, which, in turn, are modern in design..

From the name to the way in which they are made, Palacios tries to ensure that each detail has a meaning beyond that of setting trends. “Fe Handbags begins as something that marked my life and continues to mark it. It is a phrase … 'Knowing how to wait is a virtue. Accepting that everything has a time to happen is a matter of faith, '”says the designer. Each piece comes with the story of the woman who worked on it for the purpose of highlighting these communities.

In addition to supporting working women and using durable materials that do not pollute the environment, Fe Handbags wants to make clear how important sustainable fashion is. "Every time the call for consumers is: What do I consume? Why do I consume it? Who do I help if I consume it?"