Malo, historic Florentine maison specializing in cashmere knitwear, presents &ldquo;Inhabit the body&rdquo;, the FW23/24 collection. A collection inspired by functional architecture to better experience the body in space and time, choosing garments that become a symbol and expression of the self. Inhabiting the body that becomes our extension, our expression of art.

A collection of&nbsp;garments that make welcoming our living, pampering our senses. Each look embodies a concept of comfort to experience the&nbsp;contemporary from-day-to-night.&nbsp;Everything is soft, the hands are light and impalpable, the treatments are always new while the colors speak of the brand, with the range of neutrals, from ice to warm whites, up to iron grays and more solid reds.
Choosing Malo&nbsp;means choosing a stylistic code permeated with&nbsp;quiet luxury:&nbsp;suffused, sophisticated, unostentatious luxury. A lifestyle in which comfort, the highest quality raw materials, handcrafted gestures, research, innovation at the service of contemporary living, are the pillars of self-expression.

Time is an essential element for Malo's yarn couture&nbsp;creations: slow and harmonious manual gestures create embroideries, details, knitwear masterpieces, all rigorously handmade, for garments that become icons of craftsmanship.&nbsp;Space,&nbsp;on the other hand, is expressed through that minimalist architecture that Le Corbusier believed to be the essence of the arts, because it is functional to man. The garments become functional to the expression such as, for example, the duvets where the seams create motifs with clean cuts, functional to the pockets concealing. The living space is also made up of voids that linger as in the &ldquo;Attese&rdquo; by Fontana. Clean cuts that dig into three-dimensionality, which open up surprisingly on very light sweaters and dresses, creating a refined femininity to amaze with delicate and impalpable dresses.

Looks with a slim and refined line. Essential elements that create a style where the rule is less is more. For him and for her, regenerated cashmere is offered in renewed shapes, colors and details, with new volumes and embossed English rib knits. Coats and outerwear with cashmere interiors, double knit collars or quilted jackets in lighter weights intersect with fine knitwear. The luxury knit becomes an accomplice of the fabric, mixing textures with different softness. Suits with a sartorial flavor and timeless elegance, materials such as wool, left natural, without dyes or treatments, to express all its fullness and beauty, handknitted alpaca sweaters for a voluminous and soft effect.
For men, the sweater made entirely by hand is rigorous, with contrasting stitching to outline their three-dimensional shape. The braids reveal themselves as geometries that play with the newest two-tones. The cashmere velvet trousers combined with the pullover with gauze-effect braids where the finishing creates a soft effect. Soft under-jacket or 4seasons sweaters with embossed stitches in refined jacquard effects become skilful allies for a daily life characterized by a suffused and refined style. The degrad&eacute; of Malo speaks of heritage by discovering the moulin&eacute;, an artisanal manufacturing identity of the Made in Malo: knit sweaters with moulin&eacute; cashmere in double nuance, where the color combinations are a Malo exclusive and the manual manufacturing represents one of the flagships of the brand. Pure cashmere sweaters proposed with different processes: stockinette stitch or English rib made with the vanis&eacute; technique. And reversible garments, sweaters with handmade chain stitch embroidery, herringbone motifs, garment dyeing that gives a dusty effect. There is no shortage of other precious fibers: cashmere and wool or cashmere and silk blend, the merinos worked with a particular shaded effect colour.

For woman too, the main fiber is cashmere. From the most classic sweaters to garments with braids, knots and slits on the back revealing the skin. Hand-embroidered sweaters, two-tone ottoman stitch sweaters, capes with hand-sewn fringes. There are other fine fibers for women too: silk-blend cashmere protagonist of draped sweaters and dresses, cashmere and wool for sporty chic outfits with hoodie sweaters and cargo-style trousers. The pliss&egrave;, with hand-pinched workmanship, recalls the iron and clean geometry of the most beautiful architectures, while remaining reassuring, never ordinary and giving life to long skirts and light dresses to combine with more full-bodied yarns. And detailed embroideries, pullovers embellished with contrasting threading, small gauze-effect sweaters or raw-cut felted pullovers combined with plong&eacute; nappa garments with a soapy touch.

Inhabiting the body as a space to be enjoyed to the fullest. The body is our architecture, we inhabit it with our choices and furnish it to enjoy it to the fullest. Choosing comfort becomes an act of love, choosing the most natural and precious fibers becomes harmony with the environment. A harmony that, collection after collection, becomes more and more a cornerstone for Malo, to propose a beautiful, elegant, timeless but also and above all ethical and sustainable fashion.
So, the regenerated cashmere is back with new colors: olive green, ash blue, azalea pink, orange, lilac, passing through the more classic colors such as white, blue and beige. Regenerated cashmere is a yarn made up of 50% post-consumer cashmere destined for disposal, recovered and carefully sorted by colour, re-macerated and spinned together with 50% new cashmere staple, necessary to ensure color stability and sealing. Renewed cashmere is a GRS (Global Recycle Standard) certified yarn, promoted by Textile Exchange, one of the most important international non-profit organizations for responsible and sustainable development in the textile sector. The standard recognizes the importance of recycling for the growth of a sustainable production and consumption model, with the aim of promoting the reduction of the consumption of resources such as virgin raw materials, water and energy and increasing the quality of recycled products. The saving of resources compared to a non-regenerated cashmere garment is evident: - 90% of water, - 80% of electricity and - 95% of CO2 emitted.
With a view to sustainability, Malo also offers garments in 100% traceable wool and merinos and obtained with full respect of the animals. The wool and merinos come from suppliers participating in the SustainaWOOL project Integrity Schemes for an excellent production of wool and merinos and at the same time ethical, respectful of the environment and of the welfare of the sheep. The same attention is paid to the alpaca, which comes from ethical and certified farms, with low environmental impact production cycles and maximum respect for the animals.

Photos - Courtesy of MALO CASHMERE

Inhabit The Body – New FW23/24 Collection by MALO CASHMERE

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