maison malvêtu

maison malvêtu takes its name from the french mal vêtu, badly dressed. the words have always been used as judgment, passed by people who mistake a glance for knowledge. the house does not answer the judgment. it proceeds as though it were never owed.

created for the present.

the work is restraint. garments cut large, made in cotton chosen for its weight, held to a controlled palette and marked by a single lowercase line above a small signature. the house designs to a standard, not a season, and removes what exists only to be seen. a piece is finished when nothing in it asks for approval.

this is our position. the present performs without rest, and most of what is worn performs with it. maison malvêtu does not. it states one thing and withdraws, and what remains of the wearer is theirs to disclose or to keep.

the house is made for those who no longer live as a correction of other people’s thinking. attention is common. self-possession is not.

to be badly dressed is a verdict passed by others. to be malvêtu is a decision made alone.

maison malvêtu
since 2015