00:00It's a shame to be born with DNA that identifies us, no matter what our history is.
00:06Because there is nothing more authentic than telling your own story.
00:19Since I was little, since I think I was about 6 or 8 years old, when we spent the holidays
00:27In Barranquilla, we had an aunt who was a seamstress, and her daughter was also a textile industry designer.
00:37And they, with all the love in the world, would save me the scraps of what they made.
00:43And it was like an illusion to arrive and see that little pile of scraps there
00:49and they put me on the machine with the most defective stitching
00:54And that's where I started to have that very special connection with fashion
00:59And well, I come from a family where uncles and grandfathers were jewelers, an aunt who embroidered,
01:07The other aunt was a dressmaker, so there has always been that connection with that world, with that universe.
01:14And I've always been super connected to fashion and everything related to fashion.
01:22And when I finished high school, I undoubtedly said, I want to study fashion design.
01:28Obviously I had to study business administration, but I didn't pass the fourth semester.
01:38Men's tailoring was the focus of all my studies, my thesis, and then the specialization.
01:46When I decided to enter the female universe, when we began to understand a little bit about the commercial aspect
01:55At that time in Colombia, it wasn't very profitable for the male consumer.
02:02And obviously, for any designer, there's the business side, the sales side, the commercial side.
02:10It has to go hand in hand with the creative part, so I was kind of finding all these stones
02:19Along the literal path, or like all these impasses, there was crying, there were tears, there was disappointment, there was frustration
02:27And that's why there are times when I recognize, and I am a faithful communicator of, that failure...
02:38that the tears, that the disappointment, that those days when you say no more are valuable to
02:43your arrival
02:44Where do you want to go? Along those lines, my brother Franklin, as everyone knows,
02:50who has been a very important support in my career, you tell me, and why don't you start being feminine?
02:57And I, Franklin, don't want to make dresses for a queen, I don't want to be a queen, I don't want to be a model.
03:02Then we started searching and discovering how that tailoring could be adapted to the feminine.
03:09in a different way as well, and it was the perfect moment because in Colombia brands focused
03:17There weren't many visible initiatives targeting the female segment at that time, and it was the perfect moment.
03:27So we started, I started, I started and well, thank you, at that moment there were also some incredible women
03:33who connected with that universe of women's tailoring with a different perspective
03:39And today those women are still with us; those women have been a bulwark, an important pillar in the
03:48brand.
03:55Being born in Monpox is a great privilege; right now, if you ask me where I'd want to be born again,
04:03I would choose Monpox again because of all its cultural richness, its architectural richness,
04:10That richness also comes from values, from how you were raised, from how you came to realize
04:18of the exquisite experience of living next to the Magdalena River and the emotions that are felt there as well,
04:26the tranquility, all that comes from experiencing a different Caribbean, a playful Caribbean, a Caribbean of Gabriel García Márquez,
04:35a Caribbean of Macondo.
04:44Oh, I dream every day, I wake up every day with dreams, with dreams, dreams, I never stop dreaming.
04:50I don't know when, let's say like that moment when one takes a break because one is already dedicated to other things,
04:58Well, I can imagine her suddenly in Monpox, sitting in a rocking chair, but I feel like I still need her.
05:07much to accomplish
05:09And I believe that all those dreams can come true too, but obviously discipline, resilience, persistence, perseverance, commitment,
05:20Because I believe nothing happens by chance; everything happens when you have the opportunity to combine all these elements.
05:28things
05:30Because in the end, we are not a coincidence; we are always behind every professional, every industry, every company.
05:38There's a story about basically what discipline is: insisting, persisting, and resisting.
05:52Thank you!
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