Malka means queen. That's no coincidence.
Before it all · Paris
Before the crown, there was the curl.
For as long as I can remember, I have had a complicated relationship with my hair. I believed my beauty lived there — in my curls, and nowhere else. My worth, my femininity, my identity. All of it, I thought, depended on what grew from my head.
Summer 2019 · London
A blowout in Dalston.
I had just arrived in London to prepare my move. I wanted a blowout — something simple. I found a small salon in Dalston. The hairdresser picked up a hot comb and ran it through my curls. She burned my hair. That moment, without knowing it, was the beginning of everything.
July 2019 · Toulouse
The big chop.
I was scared. Scared of losing myself, scared of not recognising the woman in the mirror. And then the scissors did their work — and what I felt afterwards was something I hadn't expected. Freedom. Strength. A version of myself I didn't know yet, looking back at me.
February 2020 · London
Protect But Make It Fashion.
The world stopped. And I started. When the pandemic hit, I saw the opportunity to start something that would allow me to express my style while covering my face. I launched my first brand — Protect But Make It Fashion. Nine months later, I got a commission order to make 500 bespoke face masks for the brand Kugali. I made it by hand with my seamstress, Olga, from her London apartment. This experience changed my life, again.
April 2021 · London
The first crown was born.
The masks were done. The pandemic was fading. But my hair was growing back — and I still didn't know what to do with it. I had always dreamed of wearing head wraps but I never knew how to tie them, or which fabric to choose without damaging what I was slowly growing back. The frustration was real. So I did what any entrepreneur does — I turned it into something. After days of research and trials with Olga, the answer arrived: a satin-lined bonnet paired with a matching band. The crown was born.
2021 → 2023 · From London to the Caribbean
From Portobello to Martinique.
We started where we were — Portobello Market, then Brixton and Hackney markets. My reputation grew as being the woman who sold head wraps on the streets of London. Then Paris. Brussels. And then I took the crowns home — to Martinique, where I'm from. To Guadeloupe. Women travelled to find us. They came back with their first crowns — worn, loved, lived in — ready for a new one. That's when I understood what Malka London really was, a movement.
2026 · Back to the roots
Still here. Still crowning.
Five years in, and the mission has never been clearer. I lost myself and the brand's purpose at times. But Malka London is returning to what it has always been at its core: products that help women feel beautiful, empowered and confident while protecting their hair. While we are here to keep building, I aim to create a true community of women who feel they have found their tribe because they at least share one thing in common: their crown.