Designer Story

 

Moda de la Maria: A Story of Love, Resilience, and Dreams Sewn Together

I was born in a small village in southern Moldova, where we lived through years of simplicity, scarcity, and extraordinary love. Nature, hand-sewn dresses, and the soft glow of homemade beeswax candles shaped my childhood. We had no electricity — yet our world was full of creation.

I wore one silk dress for years — orange with black dots. My mother carefully protected it, taking it to the nursery each morning so it would last. That dress became my symbol of resilience, resourcefulness, and enduring beauty.

My Ukrainian grandfather made dolls from corn husks, carved wooden spoons, and taught me the poetry of working with one’s hands. My mother and grandmother knitted long into the night. My childhood was woven from threads, stitches, and stories.

As a girl, I made dresses for my dolls from scraps of fabric, imagining light, applause, and possibility. Years later, I trained in Istanbul, mastering couture techniques — pattern cutting, hand sewing, craftsmanship that respects time. Then I came to England, carrying everything that shaped me.

From this journey, Moda de la Maria was born.

A brand grounded in heritage, craftsmanship, and soul — garments made slowly, by hand, using natural fabrics like silk, wool, cotton, and cashmere. Pieces created one by one, as they were in my childhood home — with patience, precision, and love.

When you wear Moda de la Maria, you wear more than a garment.
You wear a story — of resilience, of craft, of a little girl in an orange dress who believed fabric could hold memory.

Beauty that lasts. 
Craft that matters.
Heritage meets modernity.