Colombian brand founded by Christian Galvis in 2019, pairing ancestral craft with contemporary design. Colombian artisans, including mothers who head households, make every piece by hand from iraca palm and other natural fibres.
Artesanías de Colombia’s Centro Histórico shop in Cartagena sells Colombian artisan textiles, home objects, jewelry and craft. Its current official address is Carrera 5 # 34-49, Local 2, on Calle del Arzobispado.
Best for Colombian artisan textiles, home objects, jewelry, and craft
Beatriz Camacho is a Colombian designer label with a Cartagena boutique, known for fluid dresses and occasionwear with hand-finished detail. It is a strong local stop for evening and resort pieces rather than generic womenswear.
Best for Cartagena eveningwear, hand-finished dresses and fluid tailoring
Caribe Jewelry designs Colombian emerald pieces, setting the mined stones into gold rings, necklaces, and earrings sold direct. Its range centers on the deep-green emeralds that made the Colombian trade famous.
Carmen Helena Diseño Consciente is a Cartagena brand that converts waste into jewelry, handcrafting upcycled plastic pieces in collaboration with local artisans in San Cayetano, Bolívar. Founder Carmen Helena has focused on aesthetics and environmental sensitivity in her hand-made work since childhood.
Family-run jeweller with more than two decades in Colombian emeralds, set in 18-karat gold and silver. Its specialist team handles cutting, design, mounting and finishing, with shops in Cartagena's Historic Centre and Getsemaní.
Casa La Esmeralda is a jewellery house in Cartagena de Indias, founded in October 2005, with two shops in the historic centre at Portal de los Dulces and the Palacio de la Inquisición. Jewellers there make pieces by hand in 18-karat gold and silver, including emerald jewellery from the Muzo mines and engagement and wedding rings.
Ketty Tinoco is a Cartagena designer known as "La Dama del Lino" for reviving traditional linen embroidery. Her collections include openwork dresses for women and simplified guayaberas for men.
Best for Linen guayaberas and embroidered dresses from Cartagena designer Ketty Tinoco
Lucy Jewelry has worked Colombian emeralds for more than forty years, setting the country's signature green stones into gold rings, necklaces, and earrings. The house handles certified emeralds alongside classic and contemporary designs.
Maygel Coronel is a Cartagena-founded womenswear label known for sculptural resort and occasion pieces. Its local retail presence makes it a natural stop for buyers looking for Colombian vacation dressing with a strong design signature.
Best for A Cartagena-founded fashion label's local retail collection.
Mister Emerald deals in certified Colombian emeralds, offering loose stones and finished rings, earrings, and pendants from its Cartagena showroom. The shop walks buyers through grading and origin for the country's signature gem.
Carrera 3 N 31-11, next to Plaza Santa Teresa (walled city), Cartagena
Silvia Tcherassi is a Colombian couturier whose Cartagena boutique sits beside Plaza Santa Teresa in the walled city, showing her resort and eveningwear. The house has operated in the city for more than two decades and later expanded into the adjacent Tcherassi Hotel.
Best for Colombian designer resort and eveningwear