Our story

Peruvian heritage. Contemporary design.

INVERNA is a Peruvian design brand exploring the relationship between natural materials, craftsmanship and contemporary life.

It began with a simple idea.

INVERNA began in Lima in 2020, during the first months of the pandemic.

At the time, founder Adriana Burga was working in cultural management and producing projects within Peru’s arts scene. When the pandemic brought the cultural industry to a halt, she found herself looking for a new direction.

The idea first came from her cousin, Jimena. Together, they imagined creating gift boxes for people spending quarantine at home, filled with small objects for comfort and everyday life. While looking for slippers to include in those boxes, they realised how difficult it was to find a pair that felt both beautiful and distinctly Peruvian.

That search led them to alpaca.

What began as an idea for a gift box became the first pair of INVERNA slippers and, eventually, the beginning of the brand.

A different way of looking at Peru.

INVERNA works with materials deeply rooted in Peru, particularly alpaca and leather, translating them into contemporary objects designed to be worn, used and lived with.

We are interested in the space between heritage and the present.

Peru is a country of extraordinary contrasts — its landscapes, cultures, colours and materials are constantly in dialogue. We draw from this richness without trying to reproduce it literally. Instead, we reinterpret it through shape, texture, colour and volume.

We don't make souvenirs.
We create pieces that carry their origin without being defined by it.

The material is part of the design.

At INVERNA, a design does not always begin with a fixed technical drawing.

Sometimes it begins with an idea, a shape, a colour or a material. From there, we work directly with artisans to explore what is possible.

A prototype is made. The material responds. A construction changes. An artisan suggests another way of solving it. The piece evolves through the process.

This dialogue is essential to the way we work.

We have worked with artisans from Puno, Cusco and Lima, and today collaborate with makers in Lima whose knowledge and techniques are rooted in generations of leather and fur craftsmanship.

Much of this knowledge is not learned in a classroom. It is learned by doing, observing and passing it on.

For us, craftsmanship is not simply a way of making.
It is part of the design itself.

A background in the arts.

INVERNA was founded by Adriana Burga, whose background lies in cultural management and the arts rather than traditional fashion design.

She studied Management and High Direction at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, with a focus on social management, while also studying theatre. Her work in cultural management, artist representation and the performing arts continues to shape the way she approaches INVERNA.

She has always been drawn to painting, colour, texture and visual expression. From an early age, she painted and participated in art competitions; later, theatre and cultural production became another way of exploring creativity.

This perspective continues to inform INVERNA: not through a fixed design formula, but through curiosity — observing materials, shapes and colours, and finding new ways to transform what already exists.

Keeping the past in motion.

We believe traditional knowledge can evolve without losing its soul.

For us, keeping craft alive does not mean keeping it unchanged. It means allowing it to move into new contexts, meet new generations and become part of contemporary life.

INVERNA is made in Peru.

Peruvian materials.
Ancestral knowledge.
A contemporary point of view.