We featured Maya’s handywork not too long ago so when we came across her latest work we were beside ourselves.
Maya Carbajal Alex-Hansen is the daughter of an Argentinian father and a Danish mother, who graduated with honors at the CSDMM (school of fashion design) in Madrid, Spain and created the brand Maya Hansen in 2004. Initially, her work focused around gothic aesthetics.
Everything changed when Maya Hansen became a corsétière in 2006. The focus of all her collections is this extraordinary piece of clothing. She dedicates her time not only to the design of corsets but also to the investigation of corset technique based on patterns, materials and textiles from the beginning of 20th century. Using only the best quality textiles and materials, Maya Hansen makes her corsets a unique and in many cases unrepeatable piece, manufactured with great care and love for detail.
Based in Madrid, Maya Hansen is available in Spain, UK, USA, Japan, Switzerland, France, Netherlands and Lithuania – but as yet she is unavailable here in Australia. That doesn’t mean we can’t still drool and dream of wearing one of these amazing pieces.
Her latest collection was inspired by one of our favourite things – CAKE. Cupcakes, mini cakes, icing-swirled confections of cakey joy – we love them, but if we had to choose between the corset or the cake, there is no doubt it would be one of these…
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See more of her work at www.mayahansen.com
