A fabulous fabric that's like nothing else you've ever seen…

The vicuña was believed to be the reincarnation of a beautiful young maiden who received a coat of pure gold once she consented to the advances of an old, ugly king. Because of this, it was against the law for anyone to kill a vicuña or wear its fleece, except for Inca royalty.

Vicuna, the world's most expensive fabric is softer, lighter and warmer than any other wool on earth. Measuring just 12 microns in diameter, compared to merino wool at 16-18 microns. This graceful animal lives at an altitude of 4,000 to 5,500 meters above the sea level in far away highlands. Isolated from the modern world.

In the 1960’s just 6,000 vicunas were left after illegal killing of the animals.
Fortunately, today the vicuna have recovered to about 125,000. Each animal produces only about a pound of wool per year.