Coverage, features, and awards
Featured on the cover of Yedioth Ahronoth's fashion supplement covering the Shenkar graduation show. The piece highlighted Maayan's collection alongside work exploring the thin line between life and loss - with the model wearing garments created from her mother's clothes and tissue as an inseparable part of the runway.
View PDF →Featured in Ynet's review of the Shenkar 2024 graduation show. The article highlighted the "I Love You Mom" collection among the most cohesive projects, noting the strength of its leather and stud work alongside its emotional depth.
Read article →“Strong and powerful items, rich in studs, leathers and animal prints.”
Walla! Fashion received exclusive access to the Shenkar graduation reviews - the first time the closed-door critiques were opened to press. The feature described Maayan's "I Love You Mom" collection in detail: dedicated to the memory of her mother Chani, who died of cancer during her studies, with garments as daring as they are moving.
Read article →“As bold as they are moving.”
Fashion Forward's review of the Shenkar 2024 graduation show noted Maayan among the designers who explored similar themes from "an amused and colorful direction where irony reigns" - balancing the weight of reality against creative escapism.
Read article →A full interview about the "I Love You Mom" graduation collection - its origins, process, and emotional weight. Maayan described the challenge of cutting into her mother's clothes, drilling thousands of studs by hand, and sewing the entire collection alone. "I decided to sew the entire graduation project myself. The materials were too sensitive - I couldn't let anyone else touch them."
Read article →A project profile describing the "I Love You Mom" collection as a responsible, sustainable fashion project dedicated to the memory of Maayan's mother. The piece noted the use of her mother's own garments - leathers, evening dresses, T-shirts, jeans - combined with hand-set studs, handmade flowers, and tissue pockets, creating a reunion between mother and daughter through design.
Read article →Coverage of the Shenkar 2024 graduation show, highlighting Maayan's collection dedicated to her mother's memory - garments incorporating clothes from her mother's closet, where personal loss meets creative expression.
Read article →The "Red Leather" graduation collection was shortlisted for the RLSD (Real Leather. Stay Different.) international design competition, 2025. The competition recognizes emerging designers working with leather as a creative medium.
View post →Featured in Jour Magazine's coverage of the Shenkar graduation show under the headline "Painful memory against renewal and hope." Maayan was highlighted for her collection dedicated to her mother's memory, using garments from her mother's closet to create new work.
Read article →“Painful memory against renewal and hope.”
Coverage of Shenkar's Fashion Week 2021 show "Dreams Are My Reality?" - where Maayan's earlier collections including "Menswear - Basquiat" and "Sustainability - Emo Kids" were presented, marking an early showing of the work that would become NOTTODAY.
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