Profession / role:

FASHION DESIGNERS

Company / organisation:

The Andes Fashion

Website (if you have one):

www.theandesfashion.com

My primary role in relation to fashion is:

Designer

I am looking to discover or buy

BUYERS, EVENTS, FASHION SHOWS, CONTRACTS, BLANK LABEL ORDERS

About me / About business or organisation:

The Andes Fashion® is an eco luxury panama hats and bespokes hats, shoes and other accessories brand, entirely conceived and handmade in our artisan’s workshops located in different cities and small towns of Ecuador : Illumán, Santo Domingo, Quito, and Cuenca. Our headquarters and studio is based in San Rafael Valley, near to the Capital, Quito; with offices in Scottsdale, AZ, USA. Since the beginning, The Andes Fashion® works with local artisans, artists and companies which also follows the same ethical treatment to people and animals.

Career history / Company history:

The Andes Fashion was founded in 2011, by Mirta Evi, a sustainable resources fashion designer born in 1982. From Italian and Spanish heritage, she always loved the art, design, drawing and singing. The result of this creativity and caring about social problems that she knew from previously businesses and projects she was involved; is how she become a faithful believer that fashion business can be a fact to reduce the poverty in Ecuador and other countries. She studied arts, tourism, and fashion design. Mirta resides with her husband Eduardo and her kids in Quito, Ecuador, but they always travel around the continent trying to get the best of South America.