Laura Añez Textiles
From the union between contemporary textile design and traditional artisan production comes the brand that bears the name of our designer and manager from Bogota, Laura Áñez Textiles (LAT). After graduating as an industrial designer with an option in textile design at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Laura traveled to Canada where she learned the technique of machine knitting at the Contemporary Textile Center in Montreal. Upon her return to Colombia, she created this company whose hallmarks are know-how, creative quality and sustainability.
Laura Áñez Textiles is a brand that goes beyond fashion, based on the technique of knitting and the use of raw materials of natural origin, to create handcrafted and quality textile objects designed from a functional, timeless, aesthetic and responsible point of view. The products are defined by the use of color and variety in their combinations, by the versatility, the permanence in time and the uniqueness of each one of them.
Since the beginning of the brand, we implemented different strategies of sustainable and circular design with which we seek to minimize the negative impact on the environment and generate a positive impact on all the people involved in each of the stages of the life cycle of the product. From the first design stage we create with circularity in mind, designing timeless, versatile and functional garments for all ages, genders and personalities. We select responsibly produced raw materials of natural origin, as well as 100% recycled fibers. The products are woven in our own workshop in Bogota, manually and by continuous threads, without cuts, generating zero waste. We work with urban women artisans who are experts in the technique of machine knitting and we offer them fair, equitable and healthy working conditions that empower them as women and as independent artisans. We honor nature through the design of our knitting patterns. We design for longevity, creating simple and timeless forms that can be used in different contexts and for many years and that at the end of their life cycle can be unknitted for reuse of their fiber.
