Esperanza was born in Fómeque, Cundinamarca. She was the daughter of María de Torres and Pablo Emilio Torres. She also was the sister of nine siblings. She would watch as her mother wove clothes for all her children. She remembers that, when they were young, each one of the ten siblings held a small strand of fique in their hands for their parents while they made a basket or a sack.

Mastering the trade was part of family life. Later on, the nuns taught her to embroider, and, when she moved to Bogotá as a teenager to study textile design at Universidad de Los Andes, she learned other secrets of the technique.

She still has the loom with which she started her life “tangled in-between yarns.” This is how she has spun her long journey of teaching and practicing her creative art. She pictures a fabric with a particular color and texture and turns it into a reality. Inspired by the colors of nature and always longing to return to it, she has decorated the third floor of her house with orchids.

Her work is the result of pure dedication and craftsmanship. These skills are involved in everything from dyeing the wool and fixing the colors to the patient and rigorous weaving of a unique piece that will become a coat, a collar line, a cape, or a skirt. She partnered up with her sisters, Judith and Gloria, and her niece, Gigliola. They put their own stamp on and contributed their knowledge to this secret workshop nestled in the middle of a Bogotá. The only thing missing from said workshop is the time they invest in each one of their wares.

They are the guardians of a tradition that has managed to sneak into the universe of fashion through its quality and originality. They have truly turned wool into an essential raw material for the runway.