Malo Cashmere Sweaters for Men | Avalon Clothing Company

Malo has always been made in Italy and is synonymous with quality, authenticity and a sense of style appreciated by the discerning clients of  Avalon Clothing Company in Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado. Malo’s astute ability to mix the artisan tradition, the Italian aesthetic quality with technology and experimentation gives the brand an immediate success and a place of honor in the history of knitwear in Italy and beyond.

Malo started from an idea, an innovation, in an era in which a quality cashmere was only made in Scotland. In fact, all the men's sweaters in gray and beige and in a few other defined classic colors came from The United Kingdom. With an eye to the consumer and with the desire to specialize in making the highest quality cashmere, Malo's sweaters quickly become iconic garments and the company conquered the top among the producers of cashmere knitwear in Italy and beyond. Malo Cashmere is one of Avalon Clothing Company’s favorite men’s cashmere brands.

A Malo garment is not only beautiful, it is practical, resistant and able to adapt perfectly to the life of the wearer. It should not be handled with care, keeping it in a drawer would be the most serious sin. Quality cashmere in particular is among the most resistant yarns, you can do things you could not do with ordinary wool, you can compress it, wash it in the washing machine, knot it and it always returns soft, wonderful, and comfortable like no other. At Avalon Clothing Company, Malo is offered in a variety of beautiful colors and cuts.

Malo products are exclusive, made to be used and passed on and they will last more than a lifetime. Substance and shape are always linked, from the selection of the raw material to the spinning, from the dyeing to the transformation of the yarn into the product, each Malo branded shirt has been finished by hand.

Ego Malo in Latin means “I prefer”. Choosing Malo means preferring the quality of the noblest materials, craftsmanship elevated to forms of art, the absolute standard of excellence resulting from a long artisan tradition in the creation of unique garments, made to last over time.

From the meticulous control of the raw materials for color, thickness, consistency and yield, to the more complex processes carried out by the skilled hands of dedicated workers, from the linking up to the ironing, in almost fifty years of history, for Malo the quality extends to everything.

The handmade knitwear is the pride of the brand, it takes eight to sixteen hours to create a single garment, a process that, through the skillful gestures of craftsmen, transforms the precious fibers into harmonious weaves and then into the worlds finest sweaters. The last step is the warm embrace of a precious garment capable of giving emotions through its perfect weave, woven and ringed thousands of times, until it takes on the consistency of a sweater, a dress or a knitted bag. A Malo garment is created to be worn, lived and handed down for generations.

The best quality cashmere is the most resistant and comfortable natural yarn. Malo cashmere is a very versatile material suitable for all seasons and is much softer, warmer and isothermal than sheep's wool. Once tried, it is difficult to give up cashmere of this quality. Those who love it wear it all year round even in non-traditional seasons. Pure cashmere sweaters produced by Malo is elastic and resilient by nature, has unique properties such as shape retention, durability, density, softness to the touch and balanced heat at body temperature. The ability of a garment to pass the test of repeated use, always returning to its original shape, is a crucial indicator of quality, a Malo garment, if treated with care, improves over time. It is fashion in its most utilitarian form.