12.01-10 NVL 33-48:Layout 1
11/17/09
4:26 PM
It’s easy to fall in love with the pieces we’ve seen so far: a full-skirted black coat or a bias cut dress of silk charmeuse that’s contemporary yet brilliantly retro 1930s. There’s an understated glamour, and the cuts of the clothing promise to be favorable to a variety of figure types, whether you happen to be a 2 or a 12. And that’s exactly what Malo is hoping for. “I know what we’re offering is different from anything here in Nashville or anyplace else,” she says. Malo’s developed her business model with help from her current business partner, Barry Wishnow. Wishnow has served as a consultant to the likes of Catherine Malandrino, Calvin Klein, Joseph Abboud and Donna Karan, among others, and is perhaps best known for working to bring Hugo Boss to the U.S. in the mid-1980s and establishing it as one of the principal men’s fashion lines in the country, during his tenure with J. Schoeneman in New York. Wishnow has helped Malo to refine and streamline her vision, defining the women she sees as her potential clients. Further, Malo and Wishnow have turned Malo’s funky-cool studio in
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