Ethical Fashion Brand Guatemala Textiles
Top Fashion Brands are slowly becoming 100% Guatemalan. Technology is empowering Female Mayan Artisans to speak out about the theft of 24 Woman’s Co-Operatives Textiles Designs. This is one example of the change many will feel as Guatemalan Artisans and including Textile Weavers enter a new age of being empowered by access to the Internet.
Ethical Fashion Brand and Guatemala Textiles
Guatemala’s Top Fashion Brands include the work of Ethical Fashion Guatemala represented by E-Commerce Websites Owned by outsiders to Guatemala.
E-Commerce Websites have profited from the lack of access to Technology for the Artisans and Brands of Guatemala who have suffered financially from a lack of Internet access and skills to use. That was the past, today we offer a look at some of the Top Ethical Artisan Fashion Brands in Guatemala.
Textile and Weaving Artisans from the Highlands of Guatemala are applying skills passed down from previous generations of Mayan culture, these Indigenous Artisans are among those at the heart of a sector now equivalent to one of the world’s largest economies Fashion.
Lema’ Weaving Association
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Lema’s Weaving Association is a cooperative that was started to improve economic conditions and the quality of life for women in the community of San Juan La Laguna, Lake Atitlan. It has played a vital role in enhancing the community and the economic well-being of the members.
Lema, one of the oldest weaving cooperatives in the Solola region, is located in the center of the historic and tranquil town of San Juan La Laguna that borders Lake Atitlan. All of the textiles at Lema are made by local artisans that use natural dyes to create a diverse array of culturally authentic textiles.
Lema’s Weaving Association in San Juan La Laguna is using dyes or colorants derived from locally found plants, trees, and insects in the Lake Atitlan area. The roots, bark, leaves, berries, wood, and insects each produce a different color and hue. A few of the plants that are used are coconut shells, pericón, pepper, purple basil, hibiscus flowers, and achiote, among many others.
Using the back loop method of weaving the Lema’ Weaving Cooperative produces purses, bags, shawls, scarves, huipiles, serapes, tablecloths, placemats, napkins, cushions, bedspreads, hammocks, and many more items.
Lema’s Weaving Association has been a Guatemala Fashion Brand for over 20 years. To find out more about Lema’ Weaving Association please visit http://growyourowncure.org/lema-weaving-association-san-juan-la-laguna/
Leather Products
La Cueva Guatemala Top Fashion Brands. La Cueva Guatemala Leather Brand, Nicolas Pop is the owner of La Cueva Leather. He is a self-taught leather craftsman who was born and raised in San Juan La Laguna.
His interest in leather began as a child while accompanying his grandfather on hunting trips in the mountains surrounding Lake Atitlan. It was during this time, seeing the different hides of animals, that the seed was planted in his mind on the various items that could be crafted with them.
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For the past 15 years, Nicolas has been custom designing, from the highest quality leather, to a wide variety of handbags, tote bags, shoes, belts, backpacks, wallets, knife holders, and many other items. La Cueva Leather has a reputation for quality, value, and attention to detail. Just ask any of his customers from around the world.
La Cueva Leather in San Juan La Laguna Lake Atitlan invites you to stop by and take a tour of their workshop and watch their products being made. We took him up on that offer and we can assure you that you will not be disappointed. As he showed us around his workshop, the pure pleasure that he derives from working with leather and creating one-of-a-kind hand-crafted leather products was quite evident.
For the last 15 years, La Cueva Guatemala Leather Brand has provided custom handmade products worldwide. For more information about La Cueva Guatemala Leather Brand.
Ethical Fashion Guatemala
Ethical Fashion Guatemala