Anita Hirlekar
Icelandic designer Anita Hirlekar is a graduate from Central Saint Martins, and based in London. Fascinated by traditional craft techniques,…
MALVAR = STEWART
MALVAR = STEWART is a non-seasonal line of women’s clothing and accessories produced from salvaged vintage fabrics, and wool from local farmers. With a focus on unconventional design, STEWART does not compromise beauty, quality or integrity for environmentally considered production. One-off designs are meticulously created, with unique details and sound construction, using natural dyes that don’t follow seasonal color palettes. Intrinsically zero waste by design, MALVAR = STEWART utilize one hundred percent of all textiles, construction materials, pattern paper and thread remnants.
With their beginnings in 2003, Celeste Malvar Stewart was approached by a friend who wanted ‘something special’ made from salvaged, unwanted fine menswear wool textiles. The vintage fabric was liberated from a Hollywood tailoring store, that closed it doors in 1960, and was coincidentally called Stewart’s. The find included homespun Scottish tweed, and double shrunk British wool, and so began Stewart’s intrigue with salvaged materials, and a practice of mindful design. The collection is an exploration of natural textures and colors, combining the traditional with the unconventional. Each piece takes many laborious hours of deconstruction, construction, hand dying, meticulous detailing and hand finishing.
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