Decisions

Lately I have been feeling as if standing in a crossroad. Although Gilt Design is a fairly young brand, I came to a point where I have to rethink the way I have been working. Being a fashion designer, and specially having your own brand, is nothing short of exhausting. You have to be ready to deal with many obstacles, many “no”, many answered e-mails. You feel that you have something to show but no one is watching. You have to be able to deal with injustice and disappointments . All of this is worth it if you are true to yourself. And I wasn’t. Due to outside pressures and to what I thought others might expect from me, I started steering in the wrong direction and I ended up feeling lost. It was never meant for Gilt Design to be up to date with fashion week calendars, to deal with the pressure of producing a certain amount of new looks every season. That was not my initial intention, but I eded up doing exactly that, thinking that by doing so I would get the desired recognition of my work. Nonsense. I ended up far from what I wanted Gilt Design to be, and that feeling would eventually show through my work. Luckily is not too late to get things on track and turn Gilt Design in what I have always imagined.

6 September 2019