Peace is Basic.
Paloma & Angostura was a social Fashion label that sought to bring change in the reintegration of former combatants and catalyze a more environmentally conscious fashion ecosystem in Colombia.
The project began to be thought of in 2011 when Pablo worked an internship in the Colombian Agency for Reintegration (formerly ACR) understanding the complex challenges that Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration bring to the peace building process of a society. After finishing university 2015 the project was launched with media acclaim being featured on the BBC, Vice, CCTVAmerica and Business of Fashion. The company was the first B corp pending company in Colombia a certification given to entrepreneurship projects that have a triple bottom line. The project was closed in 2019 due to financial difficulties.
‘Paloma & Angostura sought to bring peace through design and sustainability through industry’.
Organic Cotton Fields in Peru, Photo by Santiago Sepulveda
In Bosa, Bogotá the textile workers photo by Santiago Sepulveda
Manuela Rocha Where Juventud de La Tierra Began
Solo Sonríe Photo by Juliana Pacheco
Photo by Juan Moore
Andrea Ferrari, Photographed by Andres Espinosa
TOÏA Collaboration with Activist and Model Toya Montoya, shot on the Palomino river by Felipe Cuartas
Tanguis and Pima are two varieties of cotton grown in Peru
Tayline shot by Juan Moore
Mampujan Jacket, One of two jackets with the embroidery of the 'Tejedoras de Mampujan'
A typical day
Zuleika, Tayline, Gabriela & Barbara for Definitivamente shot by Juan Moore
TOÏA Collaboration with Activist and Model Toya Montoya, shot on the Palomino river by Felipe Cuartas
TOÏA Collaboration with Activist and Model Toya Montoya, shot on the Palomino river by Felipe Cuartas
Claudia Ferrari shot by Andres Espinosa
In Bosa, Bogotá the textile workers photo by Santiago Sepulveda
Organic Cotton grown in Peru shot by Santiago Sepulveda