QVIPA

 

QVIPA —from the “runasimi - qechua” qhipa, “that which remains”— is born on the southern coast of Peru, in the sacred hills of La Quipa tutelary APU IN PUCUSANA District IN LIMA PERÚ THAT safeguard the memory of the land.

The collection explores the coastal Andean worldview, where the landscape is a living body: hills that protect, paths that remember, and textiles that transmit knowledge.

From this heritage, QVIPA proposes a contemporary, sober, and conscious perspective.

The garments engage in a dialogue between dualities—sky and earth, strength and delicacy, past and present. The embroidery, crafted by hand, does not merely decorate: it narrates, protects, and affirms identity.


Ph. Kevin ROMAN

St. Fabrizzio Ricciardi
M. Lucya Castro
Location: Pucusana, Lima

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OUR POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT

We have built a business model based on the quality of life of our collaborators, starting with fair salary payments. We generates employment cocreating with artists from vulnerable areas of different provinces of the country.
More than 23 popular artists from Ayacucho, Huánuco, Huancayo, Cusco, Pucallpa, Lima and Arequipa are benefited by our teamwork with the craftsmen.

COMMITMENT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

We have an environmental, health and safety policy that establishes group goals for key environmental aspects. To promote the responsible consumption and to educate our community so they will value the environment as we do. We produce 3 collections a year. We reuse all the waste of our raw material, making accessories or dolls.The materials we use come from sustainable sources, as well as the wastes of deadstock materials from the textile and leather industry.

2025 - 2026 AIDER & NIIBIRI

The main objective is to promote the conservation of the Amazon forests, where families of native communities of the Shipibo Conibo and Cacataibo ethnic groups live, and to contribute to improving their quality of life.
We will achieve this by working hand in hand between NIIBIRI, AGUSTINA, and AIDER, in the development and co-creation of "Products with history", which come from a sustainable management of natural resources, through the Forestry Alliance initiative.