A note from Natasha
Ma. began as a feeling.
The first time I heard the word "ma", I was standing barefoot in a Butoh workshop — a slow, instinctive form of Japanese dance. Our facilitator spoke about the space between movements, the meaning inside the pause.
Something about it stayed with me. Not loudly, but quietly. Like a thread waiting to be pulled.
Months later, years later, it returned in small ways — in the moments between seasons, in the clothes I reached for again and again, in the quiet urge to create something that felt intentional, calm, and enduring.
Ma. Studio grew out of that feeling: the desire to make one piece well, to honour the pause, to create something you could live with for a long time.
A lineage of resourcefulness, discernment & care.
I grew up watching my mother navigate fashion in a world without abundance.
She grew up in Russia during the communist era, where clothing wasn’t disposable — it was crafted, repaired, cherished. Many of her pieces were hand-sewn by a trusted dressmaker. Some of them I still own today. Through her, I learned that clothing holds memory. That longevity carries meaning. That a garment made with intention becomes part of a life, not just a wardrobe.
This way of seeing the world stayed with me. I almost never buy something to wear once. I love pieces that have a story — the shirt found in a vintage store in Venice Beach, the dress bought unexpectedly in Brooklyn moments before a day party. Clothing that travels with you. Clothing that becomes you.
Ma. Studio is my way of creating something that can hold that same kind of story.
Experience Ma.
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