“I want to show the younger, trendy side of Peru,” explained Luis Miguel Castilla, the Peruvian ambassador to the United States, during a Monday evening garden party celebrating Peruvian design at the embassy’s residence in Forest Hills. “We are fashionable. See?” said Castilla pointing to himself and Giuseppe Lanzone — former Ralph Lauren model, Olympian and co-owner of the Peruvian Brothers food truck.

The nearly 200 guests — representatives from the diplomatic corps and the fashion world — sipping on Macchu Pisco cocktails certainly saw for themselves, especially as Peruvian fashion designer Sergio Dávila glided through the crowd dressed in one of his signature pastel Lima-chic suits.

Peruvian fashion designer Sergio Dávila in front of the Peruvian ambassador’s residence in Forest Hills on Monday, June 22. (Photographer Vithaya Phongsavan)

Models during a fashion show at the Peruvian ambassador’s residence in Forest Hills on Monday, June 22. (Photographer Vithaya Phongsavan)

Peruvian Ambassador to the United States Luis Miguel Castilla at his residence in Forest Hills on Monday, June 22. (Photographer Vithaya Phongsavan)

The work of students from the Fashion Institute of Technology featured at the Peruvian ambassador’s residence in Washington on Monday, June 22. (Photographer Vithaya Phongsavan)

Front row of the fashion show at the Peruvian ambassador’s residence in Washington on June 22. (Photographer Vithaya Phongsavan)