With over a decade of individual experience, we are a mother/daughter duo on an incredible journey fueled by a vision: to introduce remarkable Peruvian artisanship to Australia, while empowering and uplifting women.
Ursula and Lucia bring lifetime expertise in clothing and accessory production to the table. We blazed a trail by establishing a ground-breaking clothing brand in Byron Bay, celebrating fashion while championing sustainability, fair trade, and women's empowerment. Our brand embraced Peruvian culture, artisans, and manufacturers.
Patchs Studio was founded to provide a full-service experience , fostering connections between the finest textile workshops in Peru and Australian fashion brands.
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meet the team
Meet Ursula, a tenacious Peruvian born business manager, mum of baby Vasco and Chimu the blue heeler, founder and former director of Andean Collective.
Ursula is a natural born entrepreneur, embodying the creativity and resilience Peruvians are famous for. straight out of university, she launched her own architecture studio. once established in Australia she founded Andean Collective, an ethical fashion label based in Byron Bay.
Ursula's in-depth business knowledge and amazing eye for detail are the forces behind her success.
Meet Lucia, our gorgeous partner and co-founder, based between Australia and Peru.
Lucia works alongside our Peruvian artisans, supporting them from start to finish.
She has run multiple businesses in Cusco and lima for many years, giving her a deep understanding and love for the people, the culture, and the traditions. this enables her to communicate the ideas of our business respectfully.
Meet Valeria, our one-of-a-kind Production Manager based in Lima, Peru.
Valeria is a talented Fashion Designer that specialises in Eco Fashion, Knitting, Swimwear, Denim, Prints, Natural Dyes, Craftsmanship techniques amongst others.
She works alongside all the manufacturers & artisans and is passionate about their work behind each garment. Valeria is very interested on each maker's story, lifestyle, persona and wellbeing. She currently studies Psychology to keep learning about different aspects behind all people.
She has a degree in Knitting and has worked alongside communities of women artisans specialised in hand knitting and hand embroidery in rural areas around Peru.
Valeria oversees all production stages from sampling to delivery and ensures everything runs smoothly and at high standards.