{"id":68,"date":"2026-10-08T11:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/malva\/atelier\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:36:54","slug":"atelier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/malva\/atelier\/","title":{"rendered":"Our atelier"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n\n
Since 2016<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Our atelier<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
\n\n

A brick workroom above \u00d8vregaten in Bergen, where a team of eleven drafts, cuts and sews every Malva piece in small runs, and mends them for as long as they are worn.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

\"A<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\"A<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n\n
Our founder<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

It started at a cutting table<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ingrid Malvik spent twelve years cutting patterns for other labels before she rented a corner of this workroom in 2016. She wanted to make fewer things, properly, from cloth she could trace back to the mill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She still drafts every new shape by hand. The rest of the team cut, sew and press beside her, and the spare cloth for every style lives on the shelves behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingrid Malvik<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founder and pattern cutter<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

\n
\n\n
What we hold to<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

How we work<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\n
\"A<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n

Small runs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We cut each style in runs of forty or fewer, so nothing is made to sit in a warehouse.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n
\"Stacked<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n

Natural fibres<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Linen, wool and silk only, undyed or dyed by the mill, from suppliers we visit every year.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n
\"A<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n

Mended for life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Every piece can come back to the atelier for repair, free, for as long as you wear it.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

\n
\n
\n\n
In the workroom<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

How a piece is made<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A Malva coat takes about five days from first line to final press, all of it under one roof.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n
\n\n

Draft<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ingrid draws each new shape by hand on brown paper, then fits it on the stand until it hangs right.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n\n

Cut<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The paper pattern is laid on the cloth and every piece is cut with shears, a few garments at a time.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n\n

Sew<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One maker sews each garment from start to finish, with French seams wherever the cloth allows.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n\n

Press<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Steam and a heavy iron set the shape, then each piece is checked and finished with a hand sewn label.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

\n
\n
\n
\"Hands<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n\n
Where our cloth comes from<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Materials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Four mills, all of them family run, all of them visited every year. We buy what we need for each run and keep the rest for repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\n\n

Linen from Normandy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

France<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n\n

Merino from Biella<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Italy<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n\n

Wool from the western fjords<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Norway<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n\n

Silk from Como<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Italy<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

\n
\n
\n\n
Free, for the life of the garment<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Mended for life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A loose button, a worn elbow, a seam that has given way: send any Malva piece back to the atelier and we repair it free, however old it is. We keep spare cloth for every style so the mend matches.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\n

Free repairs for every Malva piece, at any age<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A prepaid return label, or drop it at the atelier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back with you in about two weeks<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\nBook a repair<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n

\n
\"A<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
\n
\n\n
Visit us<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

The atelier on \u00d8vregaten<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\n
\"A<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n\n
Address<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Malva Atelier
\u00d8vregaten 1
0000 Bergen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up the steps from Bryggen, the green door by the bakery. The showroom is on the ground floor, the workroom above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening hours<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday to Friday, 11 to 18
Saturday, 10 to 16
Sunday and Monday, closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get in touch<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

hello@example.com<\/a>
+47 00 00 00 00<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n
\n<\/svg>\n\n\n

Above Bryggen, five minutes from the fish market.<\/p>\n\n\nOpen in maps<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

\n
\n
\n\n
Repairs, orders, visits<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Write to us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Someone from the atelier answers every message, usually within a working day. For a repair, tell us the piece and what needs mending, and we will send a free return label.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

\n
<\/div>