After working in the corporate world for several years out of college, I decided to go back to school and follow my longing to design. I began studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and shortly thereafter, launched my own line of handbags. I am still in the process of launching my website as my main focus has been exposure. Word of mouth has kept me quite busy since I am the sole creator of patterns, line drawings, samples and end product at this point. I will begin outsourcing as soon as the time is right.

Since I was a child, I've been intrigued by my father's love and knowledge of oriental rugs. My sister and I would attend seminars at the Textile Museum frequently on weekends to watch him give lectures and the beauty of these pieces has always stuck with me. As I got older, I loved the look of the antique threadbare rugs more and more. I decided a long time ago that I would love to design beautiful bags out of these fragments, lining them with high quality leathers. I finally decided to start my own line because of the absolute pure delight that I found every time I paired a beautiful fragment with a perfectly complimented piece of leather. At this point, each antique rug fragment that I use is well over 100 years old; therefore, each bag comes with an enclosure card with a description of the background. One bag is completely unique from the next.

Luckily, I have not experienced a major design catastrophe yet, as I do the designing and manufacturing myself. If something major occurs, I am the one that simply needs to fix the mistake or begin again. I would say that timing is difficult to gauge. Everything may seem to fall into place with one bag and an identical bag may take twice as long.  What makes this all worth it is that I never realized the satisfaction that one could get from another person's happiness over something you've created. It is wonderful.