A PEACE TREATY is an evolving col­lec­tion aimed at cre­at­ing ethically-produced, artisan-level accessor­ies and apparel for the lux­ury fash­ion marketplace.

For F/W 2011 A PEACE TREATY presents a col­lec­tion of whim­sical cashmere prints and weaves — a res­ult of APT turn­ing to the France of Les Trente Glorieuses. The Glor­i­ous Thirty — a period fol­low­ing the end of the second world war dur­ing which France’s fash­ion, film and art indus­tries exper­i­enced rapid growth and innov­a­tion — provided a break with the tra­di­tional paradigm. Artists engaged with the polit­ical and social upheaval sur­round­ing them and an invis­ible revolu­tion was seen through the aes­thetic of that era from the plastic arts to the films of La Nou­velle Vague. In a col­lec­tion of play­ful prints and bright pat­terns, APT chan­nels this period of prosper­ity and optimism.

Evok­ing this thirty-year spirit of youth and innov­a­tion, APT once again trav­elled to the foot­hills of the Him­alayas in Nepal. Here, Neplai artis­ans, in their work­shops, were engaged to re-enliven the skill and pre­ci­sion of trad­tional hand-craftsmanship passed down through gen­er­a­tions. Using the shed­ding hairs of moun­tain goats, these artis­ans sep­ar­ate and hand-weave the finest and silki­est hairs into the vibrant visual pat­terns A PEACE TREATY has cre­ated. Artis­ans also hand-carve pat­terns into screens used to hand-print APT’s fanci­ful prints onto the soft­est of cashmere.