00:04I took quite a few detours to get to my craft.
00:08My big dream was to become a fashion designer.
00:11As I grew older, that dream faded a little bit.
00:17I sat myself down and asked myself, what do you want?
00:22The art of shoemaking gives me some sort of home.
00:27Seeing my customers wear their shoes and love them after I've spent hours and hours making them,
00:33that's probably the highest of all feelings.
00:37I draw inspiration from the customers' personality and lifestyle.
00:43I believe my customers come to me because they see me as a shoemaker,
00:49but also as an artist that creates something unique to them.
00:54What Atelier Stefani and the Belveni have most in common is that they have one foot in the past,
01:03mastering the tradition and the craft, but also stepping forward into the future
01:09and looking for new ways to invent themselves to create a product of both our influences.
01:18It definitely makes it all worthwhile time and effort.
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