Like other designers this season, Maria McManus is considering “a cocoon wrapped around the road ahead and how we can protect ourselves and each other’s feelings.” Her label is not one of the lab coats – she experiments with her sustainable fabrics and materials, so the “cocoon” she thinks is more metaphorical. The coat with a built-in scarf can be wrapped around the body; her signature egg yolk yellow shade wears a long super soft scarf; a multi-purpose oversized vest made of responsible alpacas; another luxurious coat wears responsible mohair with a lot of wrinkles on the back.
As McManus puts sustainability at the forefront, her collection has become a window into the current advancement of textiles currently available in the industry. What is most interesting to watch her develop over the past few years is seeing how her creativity and vision expand each season, and how she continues to work with factories and factories to improve the materials she works for, such as recycling Jakar ·Jacquard Polka’s dots of a long-sleeved dress worn on a pair of wide-leg satin pants. The shape of her work feels relaxed and modern.
She has injected new softness into her clothes since the spring 2025 collection, and this season includes a lace ornament inspired by the French dentin De Calais-caudry, a kind of “200-year-old lace that actually gets The French government is certified and protected because it is because it is this craft. “It looks particularly outstanding because the inside of the jacket sleeve is romantic and horizontal on a recycled silk skirt that nodded in the 90s.
