Los Angeles, CA – What started off as an inspiration trip to Paris, turned into a visit to the chateau of French mill Malhia Kent, just outside France’s city of lights. The result: this season’s most coveted couture collaboration. Premier luxury denim brand, 7 For All Mankind, will introduce the Mahlia Kent x 7FAM capsule collection for women in the Fall of 2013, making 7FAM the first denim brand to create a couture 5-pocket.
After years of collaborating with Coco Chanel, Eve Corrigan founded Malhia Kent in 1987 and simultaneously created a new standard in luxurious couture fabrics. The mill specializes in the weaving of unlikely pairings of precious fibers. Last week, Malhia Kent creates some of the world’s rarest, most delicate and luxurious fabrics, all made in their France mill. In the fashion world of fantasy, avant-garde and haute couture, nothing is more coveted than the textile creations of Malhia Kent designers. “When two fashion entities from opposite spectrums of the industry come together like this, it can only result in a unique outcome. A perfect harmony” said Barry Miguel, President of 7 For All Mankind.
Malhia Kent’s iconic and luxurious tweeds, known for its lighter and stronger characteristics, are pieced with 7FAM’s Slim Illusion Second Skin to create four special and exquisite styles for the collection. It includes The Skinny in The Silver Geo Tweed pant, Egyptian Gold Tweed pant, and Blue Metallic Stripe Tweed pant with matching moto jacket. 7FAM’s newest innovation the Slim Illusion Second Skin has amazing recovery and stretch that holds one in and slims one down while retaining the comfort of a jegging. This 100% elasticity textile is produced from a unique, super stretch denim fabric of the lightest weight construction, offering maximum comfort and stretch while maintaining the integrity and character of denim.
“We fell in love with the Malhia Kent fabrics as soon as we saw them. Their crafts-manship and expertise is second to none,” says Miguel. “Our special collaboration for the FW13 seasons is the sweet spot between denim & innovation”
This synergy between 7FAM and Malhia Kent unites contemporary with high fashion by adding opulence and glamour to the everyday, allowing consumers to indulge in luxury while maintaining their confidence in a brand they trust for all their denim needs. It truly exemplifies the brands vision and efforts to expand into a global premium denim lifestyle brand. The collection will be in select retail stores in September 2013, and will range from $395-$650.
