Why We Started MAZE

MAZE started with a simple thought: why should getting dressed be harder than it needs to be?

As mums raising children with disabilities, we know that getting dressed isn’t always the simple, everyday task it’s made out to be.

We know what it’s like to wrestle arms into sleeves that don’t open wide enough. To try to dress a child around medical equipment, feeding tubes, AFOs or limited movement. To find clothes that technically fit, but weren’t designed with our children in mind.

And we also know what it’s like to look at the adaptive clothing available and think — but where are the clothes we actually want our kids to wear?

We didn’t want our children to have to choose between function and style.

So we decided to create something different.

Designed by mums who understand

MAZE was created by two mums who understand the realities of disability, because we live them too.

We know that sometimes a tiny change to a piece of clothing can make a huge difference.

A zip in the right place.
An opening that makes dressing easier.
A sock designed to work with AFOs.
A T-shirt that provides discreet access to a feeding tube.

These might seem like small details, but for families like ours, they can mean less wrestling, less frustration and a little more independence.

That’s what adaptive clothing should do.

But we wanted MAZE to go further than simply making clothing easier.

Because our kids deserve great clothes too

Our children have their own personalities. Their own style. Their own favourite colours.

They deserve clothing that feels current, fun and considered not clothing that makes them look or feel different simply because they have different needs.

We wanted to create pieces that, at first glance, simply look like beautiful kids’ clothing.

The adaptations are there when you need them, without becoming the focus.

Because disability may be part of our children’s lives, but it doesn’t need to define what they wear.

Why “MAZE”?

Parenting a child with additional needs can sometimes feel a little like navigating a maze.

There are appointments, therapies, equipment, funding, school, medical systems and a million decisions along the way. Sometimes you know exactly where you’re going. Other times, you’re figuring it out as you go.

We wanted our name to acknowledge that journey while also representing something positive: finding a better way through.

MAZE is our small way of making one part of that journey a little easier.

This is only the beginning

We’re building MAZE alongside the families we hope to serve.

We want to listen, learn and continue creating clothing based on what children and their families actually need, because some of the best ideas come from the people living it every day.

Our hope is that one day adaptive clothing won’t feel like a separate category.

It will simply be kids’ fashion designed with more kids in mind.

That’s why we started MAZE.

Designed by mums who understand. Made for children who deserve more.

MAZE 

Kids Fashion Made to Adapt