On Fabric

Everything at Missou starts with fabric. 

Before there's a design, before there's a pattern, before there's a name - there's the material. The fabric tells us what the piece will become. Sometimes we find something and it takes months to figure out what it wants to be. 

The Japanese knit linen that became the Ellis was like that. Lightweight and slightly textured, with a natural slub that means every metre is slightly different. You can't fake that quality. 

The Italian lace that became the Salome. A floral lace, open weave and naturally stretchy in a black that doesn't wash out. The kind of fabric that looks better the more you wear it. 

The modal cotton blend in the Domenica is Japanese too. Modal is one of those fabrics that's hard to describe without touching it. Soft in a way that's different from cotton, with a drape that moves differently. Once you've worn it, you'll understand why we chose it. 

We don't use a fabric because it's available or affordable. We use it because it's right. It takes longer that way but it's worth it. 

- Rafaela x