Lima Fashion Week 2015 (LIF Week) starts this evening and runs until the 27th showing the work of top Peruvian fashion designers in addition to a few international invitees on the runway at the Jockey Club del Peru. This is the fifth edition of Lima Fashion Week and this week the designers will be presenting their Fall-Winter 2015 collections.

Last year, we introduced up-and-coming Peruvian fashion designer, Chiara Macchiavello of ESCUDO, to our readers. The motto of the brand ESCUDO is Devoted to Design, Committed to Heritage and the brand vision is, “One history, one people, one sentiment, one identity”. Chiara Macchiavello’s clothing line is modern, trendy and comfortable as well as heavily tied to Peruvian history and culture. She works directly with communities that specialize in weaving and embroidery both for inspiration and during the process of creating the pieces. She will be opening up the show this evening as one of the new talents.

The Lima Fashion Week program schedule is listed below:

Monday, March 23rd

07:00 pm New Talent: CHIARA MACCHIAVELLO (ESCUDO), OMAR VALLADOLID, MOZHDEH MATIN

08:00 pm EVOLÈT

09:00 pm ETXEBERRIA /INTERNATIONAL INVITEE

Tuesday, March 24th

06:00 pm New Participants: JOSÉ CLEMENTE, CAROLINA TOLA

07:00 pm JOHANNA ORTIZ / REGIONAL INVITEE / Convenio LIFweek-Fenalco

08:00 pm YIRKO SIVIRICH

09:00 pm CLAUDIA JIMÉNEZ

Wednesday, March 25th

06:00 pm HERENCIA CULTURAL TURQUÍA

07:00 pm GERARDO PRIVAT

08:00 pm KUNA

09:00 pm ANA MARÍA GUIULFO

Thursday, March 26th

07:00 pm JESSICA BUTRICH

08:00 pm BASEMENT

09:00 pm FÁTIMA ARRIETA

Friday, March 27th

07:00 pm ALESSANDRA PETERSEN

08:00 pm ANGIE SCHLEGEL

09:00 pm NOE BERNACELLI

If you are interested in visiting Chiara Macchiavello’s workshop in Barranco, Casa Macchiavello, during a tour of Lima, please contact us for more information.

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