10 Popular Local Fashion Brands in Malaysia

Title                                         : 10 Popular Local Fashion Brands in Malaysia  

Have you all ever been to Malaysia? For sure, you all must bring or bought something  as a memory, How about an outfit? List are the 10 most popular local fashion brands in Malaysia. It’s affordable and guaranteed quality. Pssttt! It’s also well known worldwide. Check this out!.

1. Lewre

This fashion brand was founded by Dato’ Lewre Lew in 1997 located at Jalan 1A/7, Ara Damansara Petaling Jaya, Selangor. This brand is an international Malaysia fashion shoe brand which is famed for their attractive designs, stylish elegance as well as quality comfort. What more remarkable is Lewre has attained this iconic status among the jet – setters all within 10 years of its launch in 1997. Lewre also a quality and most chosen brand among celebrities and royalty family in Malaysia. Dato’s inspired all this from his mentor Jimmy Choo.

2. Jimmy Choo

Dato’ Jimmy Choo or full name Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat is a Malaysian fashion designer that born on November 15, 1948 at George Town, Penang, Malaysia. He is best known as co-founding for its handmade women’s shoe. He was as educated from London College of Fashion in United Kingdom. Dato’ and his wife Rebecca Choo was a Malaysian, British and Chinese nationality. Jimmy Choo brand was specialize in shoes, handbags, accessories and fragrances located at London, United Kingdom.

3. Bonia

Bonia was found by S.S. Chiang on 1974. Bonia brand was an international luxury fashion retailer based in Malaysia which has more than 700 sales outlets and 70 boutique across Asia, They are expertise in leather, market footwear, pizzazz leatherwear and accessories. This brand also was listed on the KLCI Bursa Malaysia secondary bourse in 1994 and was later transferred to the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia. Ending June 2011, Bonia had sales of 461.38 million Malaysian Ringgits and its getting higher from year to year.

4. BritishIndia

BritishIndia was founded by Pat Liew on 1994. One of retail industry veteran with over 35 years of experience. Over the last 18 years, he has passionately built a fashion empire with her dedicated team who has been with her since the inception of the board. Currently over 40 outlets across Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Philippines. They are offering a different and come with many sizes to  suit various occasions of contemporary tropical lifestyle in 6 main lines which is Classic, New Classic, Pure, Traveler, Adventurer, Travel & Yoga.

5. VOIR

Voir was located in Kawasan Perindustrian Kg. Baru, Jalan Balakong Selangor. This family owned business was started their simple beginning in 1970s. Grown into multi-brand fashion wear, casual apparels and lifestyle enterprise with strong local distribution network and rapidly expanding overseas.
VOIR, Applemints and South China Sea serve only the ladies market, ranging from fashion & occasion wear, career wear to denim & casual wear complemented by shoes, accessories and inner wear. SODA, G&H and NOIR extend its product offerings to cover the men's market with SODA Kids serving the children wear's market. The wide variety of VOIR Group's product offerings and market coverage provides the Group with a competitive edge over its competitors.

6. Pestle & Mortar

This brand initially started with photo print and pocket T-Shirts but has since expanded to carrying other goodies in their store, like their premium line of collared shirts, shorts, accessories and other of their favourite brands Nike, Vans (both in a very limited amount). Flagship store was located at 11, Jalan Telawi 5, Bangsar Baru, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

7. The Swagger Salon / LANSI

Founded in 2010, Meaning cocky or arrogant in the local Cantonese slang ‘LANSI” became a fad among the Malaysian hip hop enthusiasts which has a unique style that defines their attitude. The Swagger Salon has managed to captured the attention of Malaysian youngsters with their famous tag on their street wear.

8. Attack Apparel

Attack Apparel is one of Malaysia’s fastest growing cloth brands founded in 2009 with their ambitious collections of extremely detailed graphic tees (For men and woman alike). Hoodies, denim pants and caps as well as merchandise such as posters, mugs and iPhone cases. The brand has since expanded their reach to the worldwide market and boasts a reputable clientele that includes Malaysian’s Queen of Rock “Ella” and Anth Alonso from Spanish rock band, Lancaster.

9. Rare Clothing Co.

Founded in September 2010, RARE Clothing Co. is an independent Malaysian clothing brand that aspires to refine daily life by delivering premium, timeless products and ideas that transcend the realms of art and fashion. The RARE collection includes pieces that are utilitarian, yet refined; an orchestrated ensemble of headwear, tees, accessories and cut & sew pieces. Rare Clothing Co.'s products are available at a limited quantity and refreshed every 3 months, available for browsing on the official website. Orders can be made online.

10. Flying Mouse 365

You might have seen Flying Mouse a.k.a. Chow Hon Lam's adorable designs floating around in the Internet for a while now, but we bet you didn't know they were meant for T-shirt designs when you saw them. In 2010, Chow began a project titled 'Flying Mouse 365' whereby he released one T-shirt design per day for an entire year. Since then, Chow has had the opportunity to create designs for many high profile clients including Nike, AirAsia Airlines, Lotus F1, MARTELL VSOP, and Dave Matthews Band.

So, Anytime you all come to Malaysia, don’t forget to bought 1 of this famous brands. It’s affordable, guaranteed quality and best buy ever for tourist. Quality is the most important things to keep the brand reputation.