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Colombia’s fashion week and the nation’s premier textile event are expected to bring more than 30,000 visitors to Colombia's second largest city.

"I am a fashion designer, but I also like environmental things, so I was thinking about how to connect the two things I like the most," says Camila Mossos of Revolución Urbana.

Industry representative Andrés Zuluaga says that Colombia's sustainable leather industry has vast untapped potential.

Gonzalez decided not to fight extradition to the US, in part because she believes US prison conditions would be better than her current Colombian lockup.

Colombia fashion exports reached $962.6 million USD, up 6.5% over 2021

Nancy Gonzalez purses are sold at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Harrod’s, Tsum, Lane Crawford, & Net-a-Porter according to her website.

Fashion brand Leonisa responds to Finance Colombia's allegations of "whites only" catalogs and featured models that exclude Latinos on its website.

"In the 1950s, customers going to a retail store had to wear a suit," says owner Hernando Castro. "People in the city used to dress up most of the time. But we get by. There are still people who have a good taste for clothes."

"Everything in Boho is 100% made in Colombia, and most of the designs are handmade," says Vivianne Delor of DE.LOR

Organizer Inexmoda expects the 2018 event to draw more than 15,000 buyers and at least 550 exhibitors.