In the Scarf Stories series, we introduce you to the namesakes of Malena’s collections of scarves. Each scarf collection is named in honor of a person, real or fictional, who embodies strength, individuality, boldness and style. This month’s, we remember Maya Angelou, whose courageous storytelling and lifetime commitment to social justice and human dignity inspired the Maya scarves. Her own words are the best possible place to begin: Read more
Today is World Fair Trade Day, initiated by the World Fair Trade Organization to fight poverty through trade. Read more
On May 24, we join the Ecuadorian people in celebrating their independence. This is the anniversary of the day in 1822 when the local Ecuadorians defeated their colonizers, the Spanish Royalists, in the Battle of Pichincha, fought on volcanic slopes high above sea level near the city of Quito, modern-day Ecuador’s capital. Ecuadorian independence was secured as part of the Spanish American Wars of Independence, a landslide of bloody conflicts during which much of contemporary South and Central America broke free of Spanish rule to form new republics. Violent and rapid political upheaval during this era was accompanied by dramatic social changes such as the death of the official racial hierarchy, known as the casta system, and of slavery in the region, as well as the emergence of new roles for women in the radically altered new societies that formed as colonialism ended.
Today is Fashion Revolution Day, in remembrance of the tragedy in Bangladesh exactly two years ago. Today, get curious and ask questions about who makes what you wear and use every day, and how it gets made. Read more
In the Scarf Stories series, we’ll introduce you to the namesakes of Malena’s collections of scarves. Each scarf collection is named in honor of a person, real or fictional, who embodies strength, individuality, boldness and style. First up, an unforgettably vivid character from Stieg Larsson’s Millenium trilogy, Lisbeth Salander, whose fearlessness, tenacity and unwillingness to blend into a crowd inspired the Lisbeth Collection.