Augusta Fashion & Textiles is a brand that celebrates and showcases the value and beauty of slow fashion, upcycling, and the handmade. We sell high-quality one-of-a-kind garments designed and made in Alberta by Creative Director and Founder, Maria Wozniak. Our designs use various textile design techniques for both upcycled and original garments.  Our purpose is to provide customers with locally made, high-quality, and well designed artisanal clothing. Our mission is to subvert the ever more present and serious issues, both ethically and environmentally, that exist in the fashion sector. We strive to use art and design as a media that allows for healing and that has the potential to make the world a better place.

Creative Director:

Maria Augusta Wozniak is a textile artist and fashion designer based in Amiskwacîwâskahikan Treaty 6 Territory (Edmonton). She studied both in Canada, to complete a BFA in Fibre and Textiles at the Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary, and in Italy, to complete a master’s degree in Fashion and Collection Design at Polimoda in Florence. After working and studying in Italy, Maria decided to return to her hometown of Edmonton to work independently as a fashion designer and textile artist. Maria is now the founder and Creative Director of Augusta Fashion & Textiles. It is her goal as an artist to make work situated at the intersection of art and fashion. She looks to design and create for her community, but also believes that the responsibility of community leaders stretches beyond design and into opportunity creation for our neighbours. Maria works with local artists, designers, and craftspeople to collaborate in showcases and art/fashion presentations.

Maria's work has been internationally featured in various publications, such as VOGUE Mexico y Latino America, Photobook Sustainable Fashion Magazine, Elle Décor, and Italy’s leading art magazine, Artribune. Maria has also worked and collaborated with important Italian luxury brands, such as Loro Piana and Fendi.
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