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Dear followers,

Let me give you details on this collection, which is what my business partner and  I like to call a ‘fundraising’ collection.   It is small and it is meant to raise funds to fuel us further.   There are many things that are interesting about this collection.   Although we are not using certified organic fabrics yet this collection is still very ethical.   We had a considerable amount of fabrics left over from our previous brand, C.S.O.R.K. Peru, and decided that it would be wasteful to let it lie there for eternity.   I was also gifted fabrics by my great friend and designer Maria del Pilar Medina.   This means that the main component of any collection- the outer fabric- , we already had, which already saved us a bunch of money!  Not that we have any.  Let me list the interesting things about this collection:

Exquisite manufacture:  Marcelina Aquije is one of the seamstresses I have been working with for about five years now and she is just incredible.  She is punctual, good-humoured and most of all: her work is worthy of every penny she charges.

More-than-fair wages:  Marcelina Aquije was paid much more than any seamstress in this country for the manufacture of these dresses.  At Bernales & Goretti we refuse to take advantage of people and their efforts.

Peruvian 1 cent coin buttons:  I thought of using these, which I had drilled to be made into buttons, a long long time ago.   My trusted seamstress Gloria Sanchez kept all my leftover fabrics and materials for me while I was abroad and even while I was in Lima and in too small a place to store them myself.   To my great surprise along with the fabrics I collected from her house once I had moved to a bigger apartment also came a few little bags of leftover coin buttons!   I still love them and plan on using them often for Bernales & Goretti.

Luxury lining:  if you’re going to be a luxury brand, then you have to use luxury materials.   Anything that could have been lined was lined in our previous brand, but the lining was not the best that it could be.   Mind you it was not the worst by any means whatsoever, but alas, not the best.    With less money than I’ve ever had in my life I decided to buy the most expensive lining because I know that Bernales & Goretti needs to be what it claims to be:  we want to give our customers what we promise.

Price:  We are charging $300 dollars per dress, which is much lower than a dress of this kind would cost at any kind of luxury boutique.  It is meant to fuel our brand further.  If you are interested just write us on our Facebook brand page.

yours truly,

Constanza Ontaneda