this is an image from the on line store Darkroom which sells menswear, womenswear and items for the home. This is from their 'Aztec Camera' collection which takes inspiration from central america looking at Aztec patterns and Peruvian weaving. You can easily see the link between Peruvian weaving and the collection through the bright colours they have chosen.

One particular place i have personally seen the inflluence of Peruvian weaving is in the 2012 collection of Topman shorts. The shorts here have just a flash of the theme round the hem in many bright colours, probably because for a shop a whole short made with this pattern in all these colours would be relatively hard to sell.

Here is another example of shorts were the pattern and colours have clearly descended from traditional peruvian weaving, especially with the bright red which is favoured by the weavers of Peru.

The dress above is by a designer named Jennifer Parry Dodge, whose company is Ermie. here you can see the use of the main colour red, mixed with greens and blues in quite natural looking hues. you can also see the influence of Peruvian weaving in the triangular shapes which are involved on the blue stripe.

~ PERUVIAN WEAVING. hola .

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Most peruvian weavings are made using Sheep, Llama or Alpaca wool. They wools are then dyed and woven using a portable backstrap loom.

The thing that attracted me to Peruvian weaving was mainly the colours and to a lesser extent the patterns.

this is one of my favourite pictures ever.

Traditionally the yarns are dyed with natural dyes made from plants but in the past century the natives have started using synthetic dyes because they achieve a vivider, brighter hue. Although people have now realised how important it is to keep the tradition and knowledge of natural dye and have started learning from the elders.

The patterns used are normally representing the village they live in, every village has its own pattern. The natives of peru think that the brighter the colours the better, one of the most favourable colours is flourescent red. The colours used in a weave will very often show how the weaver was feeling at that time, dark colours normally mean sadness.