The Malabar Collective

The Malabar Collective founder Orlene Paxson grew up in Mumbai and spent her holidays traveling or at her grandmother’s home, barefoot among coconut groves and rubber plantations on the Malabar coast of southwestern India. Much of Orlene’s adult life was spent on the Upper East Side of NYC. The fusion between these two worlds is reflected in all Malabar Collective pieces and the brand’s ethos. Today, Orlene calls New York, Mumbai, and London home.