Quni Boutique

Quni Boutique is a small, direct-to-consumer Canadian pet-apparel brand founded in 2021 by Gustavo Lin, who grew up between Vancouver and Lima. The brand makes a deliberately narrow range of hand-knit clothing for small dogs: baby alpaca sweaters in three colourways (green, burgundy and tan, with or without buttons) and hand-sewn pima cotton bow ties in navy and grey. Everything is produced in Arequipa, Peru, the Andean alpaca heartland, by artisan families working with a small fibre co-operative. Quni positions itself against fast fashion for pets, describing its sweaters as "a considered thing, made to last" and emphasising pure first-shearing baby alpaca with no acrylic, cotton or cashmere blends. The core product is a small dog sweater priced at $93.00, hand-knit from 100% baby alpaca fibre that the brand says is three times warmer than cashmere, hypoallergenic, lanolin-free and naturally water-resistant. Bow ties sell for $21.00 and are hand-sewn from 100% Peruvian pima cotton with an adjustable clip strap. Quni also sells a $100.00 gift card redeemable on its online store. The brand keeps its assortment intentionally tiny — "We make two sweaters. Three colourways each. That's it. A curated edit, not a catalogue." Quni Boutique operates primarily through its own e-commerce site, quniboutique.com, shipping from Vancouver to Canada and the United States. Orders over $150 CAD ship free, processing takes two to five business days, and the brand offers free exchanges if the fit is not right. Sizing is based on chest girth and back length, with a published size guide. The brand markets itself on craft, provenance and sustainability: fair-trade practices, Peruvian artisan labour, and a made-to-last anti-fast-fashion ethos. As a young, privately held micro-brand, Quni has no public parent company, no stock listing and no large-scale retail distribution. Its identity rests on the founder's personal story, the Arequipa supply chain and a tightly curated product line aimed at dog owners who want a durable, premium garment rather than disposable pet clothing.

Quni Boutique was founded in 2021 by Gustavo Lin, who grew up between Vancouver, Canada, and Lima, Peru. In Peru, alpaca fibre was not simply a material but a way of life. After years of watching his family's dogs endure Vancouver winters in what he considered inadequate coats, Lin asked why no one was making a dog sweater worth keeping. The answer, in his telling, lay in Arequipa, Peru — the alpaca heartland — where small co-operatives raise alpacas at high altitude and the first shearing yields the finest grade of fibre. Lin built Quni Boutique around that supply chain. The brand sources 100% baby alpaca fibre from a small co-operative in the Andean highlands, where the fibre is hand-sorted, hand-spun and hand-knit by artisan families who have worked with alpaca for generations. Every sweater is hand-knit in Arequipa, while every order ships from Vancouver. The company describes its fibre as three times warmer than cashmere, hypoallergenic and naturally water-resistant, with no blends of acrylic, cotton or cashmere. From the outset Quni pursued a deliberately minimal assortment rather than a broad catalogue. Its core line consists of small dog sweaters in three colourways — green, burgundy and tan — offered with or without buttons, priced at $93.00, plus hand-sewn pima cotton bow ties in navy and grey at $21.00. A $100.00 gift card rounds out the offer. The brand frames this restraint as a virtue: "We make two sweaters. Three colourways each. That's it. A curated edit, not a catalogue." The brand sells primarily through its own e-commerce site, quniboutique.com, serving customers in Canada and the United States. It offers free shipping on orders over $150 CAD, a processing time of two to five business days, and free exchanges when the fit is not right. Sizing is determined by chest girth and back length, supported by a published size guide. Quni markets itself on fair-trade practices, Peruvian artisan production and an anti-fast-fashion promise that each piece is built for years of use. As of the mid-2020s Quni Boutique remains a small, privately held direct-to-consumer brand with no public parent company or stock listing. Its growth story is tied to the niche premium pet-apparel market and to the founder's personal connection between Vancouver and Peru.

• 2021

  Quni Boutique founded by Gustavo Lin to make hand-knit baby alpaca dog sweaters.

• Launches small dog sweaters in green, burgundy and tan, with and without buttons, at $93.00.

• Adds hand-sewn pima cotton dog bow ties in navy and grey at $21.00.

• Introduces a $100.00 Quni Boutique gift card for online redemption.

Premium, craft-led, anti-fast-fashion pet apparel; hand-knit in Peru from pure baby alpaca and pima cotton, sold direct-to-consumer from Vancouver.

• Small Dog Sweater, Baby Alpaca, Green

  Hand-knit in Arequipa from 100% baby alpaca; three times warmer than cashmere.

• Small Dog Sweater, Baby Alpaca, Burgundy

  Hand-knit in Arequipa from 100% baby alpaca; three times warmer than cashmere.

• Small Dog Sweater, Baby Alpaca, Tan

  Hand-knit in Arequipa from 100% baby alpaca; three times warmer than cashmere.

• Small Dog Sweater, Baby Alpaca, Green (with buttons)

  Buttoned variant of the green baby alpaca sweater.

• Small Dog Sweater, Baby Alpaca, Burgundy (with buttons)

  Buttoned variant of the burgundy baby alpaca sweater.

• Small Dog Sweater, Baby Alpaca, Tan (with buttons)

  Buttoned variant of the tan baby alpaca sweater.

• Dog Bow Tie - Navy/Grey

  Hand-sewn in Peru from 100% pima cotton with an adjustable clip strap.

• Quni Boutique Gift Card

  Email gift card redeemable at checkout on quniboutique.com.

1. 1Quni Boutique official websitequniboutique.com
2. 2About Quni Boutiquequniboutique.com
3. 3Quni Boutique Dog Sweater Gift Cardquniboutique.com
4. 4Navy & Grey Dog Bow Tiequniboutique.com
5. 5Quni Boutique on Wikidatawikidata.org