Beatriz Canedo Patiño

Beatriz Canedo Patiño (1950-2016) was a Bolivian fashion designer described as the "Queen of Alpaca" due to her use of textiles from camelids such as the vicuña, alpaca, and llama.[1] The New York Times described her in 2006 as "Bolivia's best known fashion designer."[2]

Canedo Patiño studied in Paris,[1] and launched her design house, Royal Alpaca Inc., in New York in 1987.[3] She actively promoted the use and development of the export of camelid fibres.[1][3]

Due to her success, and her traditional surname, Canedo Patiño was described as representing "Successful Bolivia."[4]

Among her clients was the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, for whom she created custom designs including the suit for his inauguration.[1][2] While attempts had been made during Morales's campaign to get Canedo Patiño involved, she had declined the invitations despite expressing her "moral adherence" to him.[4] However, after his success, a few days before the inauguration, Canedo presented Morales with a custom-designed alpaca outfit that helped establish the President's distinctive look of dark Mao collared suits with designs taken from indigneous Andean art.[4][5] She also made outfits for Hillary Clinton's visit to Bolivia in her capacity as First Lady of the United States.[2]

Canedo Patiño died on 13 March 2016.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Staff writer (14 March 2016). "Fallece Beatriz Canedo Patiño, la Reina de la Alpaca - La Razón". www.la-razon.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Forero, Juan (2 February 2006). "The Fashion of the Populist". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 Schiro, Anne-Marie (4 November 1990). "Style Makers; Beatriz Canedo Patiño, Coat Designer". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Sivak, Martín. Evo Morales: The Extraordinary Rise of the First Indigenous President of Bolivia. Macmillan. ISBN 9780230109643.
  5. ↑ País, Ediciones El (15 March 2016). "Muere Beatriz Canedo, la diseñadora creadora del estilo de Evo Morales". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). La Paz. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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