Maven, AntwerpAster
Fourteen pieces cut from deadstock wool and Irish linen, made in a room above the Kloosterstraat. The book lands in September; the clothes follow in October.
Two emails a year. The first is the release date.
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- Coming this autumn
- Aster, fourteen pieces
- Cut in Antwerp
- Book 18 September
The collectionSix of
Six of
fourteen
Every look is photographed twice: as it hangs, and as it moves. Hover a look, or press its second frame, to see the other picture.
Rille Trouser
EUR 380Heavy cotton drill, pleated front, turn-up finished by hand. Sizes 1 to 5.
Column Dress
EUR 640Silk noil, cut on the straight grain, side slit to the knee. Sizes 1 to 4.
The bookPlates I
Plates I
to VI
Six plates from the printed lookbook, in the order they appear. Drag, scroll or use the arrows.
The atelierWhy it
Why it
takes long
Maven is Ines Vandaele and two machinists. Everything below is why the collection is fourteen pieces and not forty.
We buy the cloth first
Every season starts at a mill clearance, not at a sketch. We take what is left over in quantities nobody else wants: eleven metres of alpaca, forty of melton, a roll of linen the colour of wet stone. The collection is then drawn to fit the cloth.
It means the runs are short and they do not come back. Twelve Pell Coats exist. When they are gone the pattern goes into the drawer and something else is drawn against next season's cloth.
Two machinists, one room
Sien and Aurelie have been sewing on the Kloosterstraat since 2019. A cape takes eleven hours. A slip takes four, and three of them are the French seams you cannot see. Nothing is sent out, which is slow and is the entire point.
Repairs are free for as long as the label exists. Send the piece back and it comes home mended, with a note about what gave way.
Materials and careWhat it is,
What it is,
how to keep it
Composition, origin and the shortest honest instruction for each cloth in the collection.
StockistsWhere to
Where to
see it
Aster ships to nine shops from 9 October. Ring first; most hold two sizes of each piece.
Antwerp
Belgium- Atelier Maven, Kloosterstraat 122 By appointment
- Graanmarkt 13 From 9 Oct
- Hospital Antwerp From 16 Oct
Amsterdam
Netherlands- Six and Sons, Haarlemmerdijk From 9 Oct
- Hutspot, Van Woustraat From 23 Oct
Copenhagen
Denmark- Storm, Store Regnegade From 16 Oct
- Han Kjobenhavn, Vognmagergade From 6 Nov
Paris
France- Centre Commercial, Rue de Marseille From 9 Oct
- Nous, Rue Sainte-Anne From 30 Oct
Berlin
Germany- Voo Store, Oranienstrasse From 16 Oct
Elsewhere
By post- Anywhere in the EU Free over EUR 300
- United Kingdom, Norway EUR 18 flat
- Rest of world Write to us
Size guideFour sizes,
Four sizes,
one fit
Maven cuts in four sizes and one shape. If you are between two, take the larger; the atelier will take it in for nothing.
How to measure
Measure over a shirt, not skin, with the tape flat. Bust at the fullest point, waist at the narrowest, hip twenty centimetres below that. Then compare the garment measurements, not your own, to something you already like.
Still unsure? Write with the measurements of a piece you own and we will tell you which size matches it.
Flat measurements in centimetres, taken across the garment and doubled.
| Size | Bust | Waist | Hip | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94 | 78 | 100 | 112 |
| 2 | 102 | 86 | 108 | 114 |
| 3 | 110 | 94 | 116 | 116 |
| 4 | 120 | 104 | 126 | 118 |
The Aster Cape and Pell Coat are cut generously and sit over a knit without strain. The Gale Slip runs narrow through the hip; take the larger size if you are between. The Rille Trouser is drafted for a 32 inch inside leg and hemmed to order at no charge. The Bramble Knit relaxes about three centimetres in the body after a week.
Hems, sleeve length and a waist taken in by up to four centimetres are free and take about a week. Anything structural is quoted first. Unworn pieces come back within thirty days for a full refund, alterations included; altered pieces are yours.
Six slots a season, opening the week after the release. A fitting on the Kloosterstraat, a toile two weeks later, the finished piece four weeks after that. Add thirty per cent to the list price. Write for a slot.
Fourteen pieces, then quiet
The list is the only way to know the release hour, and the short runs go in the first afternoon. Nothing on this page takes payment; every button opens an email to the atelier.
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