Reasons to shop from us

* mau + others - sale at KATVAN PHOTO STUDIOS, NYC Wednesday Nov. 30, 6:30-10:30pm 40 west 17th street, #5b wine and cheese

* mau open studio, Kingston NY Saturday December 10, 2-7pm 77 Cornell street, studio #419 more wine and cheese in mau's studio







nomadic...adaptable...featherweight...unique...practical

post industrial folk wear is a collection of contemporary street wear made out of the ubiquitous modern material tyvek.

Wardrobe staples and accessories are essentially built: with all detail emerging from construction decisions. The material is a high performance non woven taken from construction, graphics, and paper trades and adapted and manipulated here for personal use. This is not the same tyvek of souvenir jackets and bike race pinnies. Along with excellent performance properties, the material looks deceptively fragile and perishable like paper but is in fact a tough and resistant modern material. (25%recycled + mau recycles)



Clothing is an expression of culture. High design, smart clothing, and trends don't drive me to create. I'm trying to find the genie that is so commonly found in folk wear to appear in work that is of our time. mau



FYI The work is designed in an old textile factory building in the Hudson Valley and sewn either locally or in the NYC Garment District under the auspices of the Garment Industry Development Corporation. The material is made in the USA, surplus materials are gathered from the local computer, snowboard and automotive industries, and design studio scraps are recycled.