Ita-Ito

Ita-Ito supports craftswomen from the Andean community, who work while taking care of their children, by setting up a development program. An initiative aiming at the one hand to train them continuously to develop their know-how through new skills and on the other hand to offer them optimal working and living conditions. An authentic eco responsible fashion brand that wishes to contribute to improving production conditions, to highlight unique know-how while offering a wardrobe of unique handmade knitwear. One of the key values of the brand is its ethical production method centered on the human being, which allows it to make a sustainable commitment in Peru

Choosing a responsible production was a real challenge for Ita-Ito who chose Peru and its unique knitting know-how. After several months of hard work in close collaboration with these Peruvian craftsmen to organize the production process, the brand Ita-Ito was born. Today, Ita-Ito has its own knitting workshop and continuously trains its knitters. Ita-Ito tends to accompany these women towards a professional life reconcilable with their family life

Ita-Ito produces its collections by training and working with a community of Peruvian women, and by sourcing fibers from a yarn producer that is strongly invested in corporate social responsibility. They focus on Peruvian alpaca shepherds: their dispersion and the physical situation in the high and extensive mountainous regions of the Andes contribute negatively to their current standard of living, therefore there's an important effort to facilitate a connection between shepherds and manufacturers

Ita-Ito is a women-owned brand. From her Peruvian origins, Claudia (the founder) has kept a very special memory: the softness of the sweaters knitted by her grandmother. By creating Ita-Ito, she wishes to rediscover this delicate sensation and at the same time, to keep alive craft know-how, an Inca heritage of more than 600 years of existence, which tends to be lost. She has therefore imagined knitwear that combines warmth, softness, elegance and eco responsibility

Ita-Ito shipping cardboards are produced only with recycled cardboard and their manufacturing process CO2 emissions are compensated for by an offsetting program

Ita Ito yarn supplier is mulesing-free and certified RWS - RESPONSIBLE WOOL STANDARD an OEKO-TEX - STeP

Ita-Ito is a slow fashion brand only releasing two collections per year, one Fall/Winter and one Spring/Summer

Ita-Ito luxury knits are created to be timeless and durable garments to last a lifetime. The quality of the alpine wool allows them to ensure the garment lasts a long life with good maintenance