Inspired by the love for her native country of Peru, Cristina Dioguardi established Beyond Threads in 1992, co-designing with her long time friend Alejandra Bedoya. In 2013 Beyond Threads joined efforts with Mery Luz Salva, a self-taught jewelry designer born in Peru. Together they began experimenting with recycled textiles, cardboard, yarn, and thread to create lightweight, wearable pieces of art. The result was a unique and colorful line of textile fiber jewelry.
By manufacturing products in Peru for over two decades, Beyond Threads has created many jobs and grown many women-owned businesses. In that time Beyond Threads has built a following of devoted customers in the U.S.A., Canada, and even Japan.
