And then there is this notion of harmony, which I realise more and more each day is so central. I have to explain that I often question the purpose of all this. Does it make sense in 2024 to design fashion accessories? Doesn’t the world have bigger problems, more pressing matters to worry about than this? Designing, manufacturing, and selling fashion accessories? No matter how beautiful they are.

I actually think it makes even more sense today than in the past. Designing beautiful products that are accessible to everyone, sharing a bit of oneself, striving not to succumb to what seems to hinder us is also a form of resistance.

Despite this awareness of urgency, of a disconnect between the suffering, problems, and negativity I perceive in the world, I must admit that I never feel as good as when I sit at my table to invent shapes that will become jewelry, bags, glasses, all things meant to be worn by others with whom I feel connected through this transmission. I don’t feel like I’m doing something useless at all. On the contrary, I feel like I’m trying to contribute to maintaining a certain harmony.

I have recently gone through many trials, had to engage with things I was rather averse to, had to focus on myself, do this "work" I had never concerned myself with and, to be honest, found more boring than anything else. And I came to the conclusion that doing well what we know how to do, having the possibility to do it, which is not always the case, because in the 21st century, one must know that for creators, creation has become a luxury. We can’t just draw, design, imagine; that part is the cherry on top amidst a whole host of non-creative tasks, so striving, finding the means to do what we know how to do, is to act.

Life has pushed me in this direction, and to be frank, it insisted that I do it, and I infer that if it did, it’s because, undoubtedly, the universe considered that through what I know how to do, I could bring something to the world. This thing is my shapes, or my vision, or my desire to be part of a whole through my creations. This whole that we form together.

It is my humble contribution to making the world more beautiful. Like me, you have probably noticed how good you feel when you take care to dress well, wearing beautiful pieces that you then enjoy looking at throughout the day. In the same way, I take pleasure in looking at others when they are well-dressed. And the more I torment myself about this troubled world, this pervasive fear, the more I return to my designs and feel a kind of benefit from them. And I believe it is related to this notion of harmony.

Harmony is something we seek despite ourselves, in all things. The harmony of the 21st century is not that of the Renaissance, the world and fashion have evolved, and have learned to love dissonances, but even so, the pursuit of beauty remains a horizon.