To create holistic fashion company in collaboration with generational artisans to bring to market a unique fashion proposition.
To preserve, nurture and sustain local generational artisan families and art forms practices through sustained and gainful employment, fair wage, through product development to strengthen and grow a middle class standard-of-living in local villagers.
Mali is an inspiring brand story of American fashion designer living beyond borders in South East Asia working with generational artisans to design fashion treasures.
Behind each Mali design lies a master craftsperson, a village, tradition and art-form passed down from one generation to the other. Mali Fashion designs are inspired by old-style South East Asian culture, life-style, people and traditions.
Mali design Ethos is
“What is conceived in the heart, made-by-hand, out-of-necessity is true treasure”
Mali brand designs showcase and communicate the local village lifestyle and traditions of cultural expressed through its designs, colors, raw material, and craftsmanship.
Mali translated means flower in Thai. The name was chosen because flowers are a natural part of the landscape and have spiritual and cultural significance in Asian culture.
What distinguished Mali from its competition is its classic styling, raw material, design elements, workmanship and overall integrity-of-process. Mali Fashions designs are transform into art when it ceases being functional to become an object of art and a lasting treasure.
