KNITTING MEMORIES | MADE TO BE KEPT

IN THIS SERIES, FOUNDER AND DESIGNER ANA DIARTE SHARES PERSONAL REFLECTIONS THAT SHAPE THE WORLD OF DIARTE, FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE VALUES THAT CONTINUE TO DEFINE IT TODAY:

I DON'T JUST COLLECT SWEATERS; I FIND IT HARD TO LET THEM GO.

AS A DESIGNER, I WANT TO CREATE PIECES THAT LAST BEYOND TRENDS, WHERE QUALITY AND AFFECTION MATTER JUST AS MUCH AS CONSTRUCTION.

I STILL WEAR MY PARENTS' SWEATERS FROM THIRTY YEARS AGO, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR DIARTE: CLOTHES THAT ARE LOVED, WORN, AND KEPT.

I SURROUND MYSELF WITH OBJECTS: VINTAGE MAGAZINES, CERAMICS, AND TRAVEL BOOKS, WHOSE TEXTURES AND SIGNS OF USE INFORM MY EYE.

TO ME, CLOTHES GAIN MEANING THROUGH TIME, FEELING FAMILIAR, IMPERFECT, AND ALIVE.