100 % Baby Alpaca Wool
Our Half Zip comes in three colours: navy, charcoal and mahogany.
We take our time creating these colours – for example, mahogany is actually a melange of multiple, differently coloured strands spun together, giving it an exquisite, life-like look.
Even our non-melanged colours are just deeper than their counterparts – alpaca wool is superb to dye as it sucks up the colour tremendously well and retains it even after years of use.
We use synthetic colour dyes that are free from heavy metals, AZO chemicals and are REACH and OEKO-TEX certified.
The waste created in dyeing is properly managed in waste water treatment plants – never let out in the nature as is.
Be it the snugness of the hem, tightness of the collar or how easily you can fold the sleeves, we have tested and iterated on it countless times.
The zip and the zip line themselves took 6 months of work to perfect – we chose a Japanese YKK zipper that makes you go “yeah, that’s quality” on touch.
We didn’t skip out on designing the overall style either. You can easily rock our Half Zip in the office, slopes of the Alps or just exploring through your favourite cityscape. Easy to style, easy to wear – and it fits snugly under your jacket.
Because we’ve used a decade to master sourcing, designing and knitting with it.
Alpaca is expensive and fairly unknown – mega-corps will never take such a risk even if it meant quality.
Knitting machinery is usually optimized for cotton and sheep wool – we have spent a loooot of time with our manufacturing partners figuring out our process.
You can find gorgeous traditional alpaca knits in Peru, where alpacas are from. But as far as we know, we are world’s leading alpaca knitwear experts that makes pieces fit for a modern man.
Dubious sheep wool from gigantic farms will never make a premium knitwear.
Kashmir and merino are a step in the right direction, but they still pill, stretch and start undoing too easily.
Alpaca wool, the fibre of the kings, is unmatched in it’s quality. And we’re the best at knitting with it.
Many producers cut corners, when it comes to fit, because it is cheaper to manufacture clothes that look like boxes.
We have noticed that, in fact, people are not boxes, so we design our knitwear to fit real, living human beings.
We also provide a detailed sizing guide, a smart Fittle size-helper and exact measurements for all of our knitwear.
It is of utmost importance to know where your clothes come from in this age of senseless shopping.
Our knitwear is made in EU, at our two knitting factories in Lithuania. Our beanies and scarfs are made in Finland.
A special selection of scarves is also made traditionally in Peru, where alpacas originate from.
100 % Baby Alpaca Wool