On the way to becoming an archeologist-anthropologist, Annie Hurlbut instead became a fashion entrepreneur. Teaming with her mother, she’s created the Peruvian Connection, a catalog that offers ...

Peruvian Connection, the catalog empire that was inspired by a basic sweater birthday gift to Mom, opened its first San Francisco store last month. The women's clothing and accessories retailer wanted ...

Annie Hurlbut and her mother, Biddy, started their Peruvian clothing business on a modest scale and with an eye for fashion in 1976. Thousands of mail-order catalogs later, along with the opening of a ...