About us

The " CHAKANA" brand was born from its creator's several years immersion in South America .

Its visual identity is represented by the " CHAKANA" or Andean cross, an ancestral cosmological symbol that indicates, among other things, the links between heaven and earth …

Pauline lived for almost 6 years in the Atacama Desert in Chile, where she worked as a tour guide at the foot of the Andes Mountains . Drawing on this experience and having traveled extensively throughout the region (specifically Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, and Brazil ), she decided, upon returning to Europe, to continue working in a different way with the local native communities she had met along the way.

In 2022, " CHAKANA" was born, an organic brand due to the use of plants, organic or recycled materials in the making of its handcrafted creations , but also ethical thanks to the active participation of women from Andean cultures in the creation of its collections.

 

@Product photo credit: Jeremy Mathur