Malo

About Malo

Malo is an Italian knitwear house founded in Florence in 1972 as Malo Tricot. The name is Latin for "I prefer". It began with a simple idea: take the heavy Scottish cashmere of the day and make it feather-light, in luminous colours. Production moved to Tuscany, and in 1973 the factory opened at Campi Bisenzio, near Florence. The house oversees cashmere from fibre selection through spinning, dyeing, knitting and finishing, and a single handmade knit can take eight to sixteen hours. Its cashmere comes from Mongolia. Beyond sweaters, you'll find cardigans, chunky and ribbed knits, leisurewear, leather goods and accessories. Richard Gere and David Beckham are among its wearers.