ElleAime by LM

For our first edition of WomenLy Inspired, we present you designer Stella Jean.

Firstly, she isn’t a baby designer. Rather, she is a woman of 34, mother of two and a former model. She launched her eponymous label in Rome in 2011, but far from being an overnight success, she twice failed to even qualify for the talent competition “Who Is On Next,” supported byVogue Italia as part of the Alta Roma schedule. It was third-time luck when she finally qualified, then won. Stella Jean is half-Italian and half-Haitian. “I had struggled to find my identity,” she says. “I found it through my work. I put my two worlds together and found fashion was looking for that.” Go look at her work:

http://www.stellajean.it/?lang=en

If you feel like you’re at the end the road with nowhere to go, realize you are lying to yourself.  You have imprisoned yourself in your own mind by telling self-defeating stories – stories about what your life should be like, what you should have already accomplished, and so forth.  By doing this you’ve created a tiny space in your mind and you’ve begun to believe you are actually living in it.

But you are NOT.  You are alive in a vast world with infinite destinations.  Take a moment to remind yourself of this.  Here are some things you need to consider before you give up:

You never fail until you’re satisfied with failure. – Failure is not falling down; failure is staying down when you have the choice to get back up.  Sometimes you have to fail a thousand times to succeed. As Winston Churchill once said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” 

What you have learned is what’s important. – Life always offers you a second chance – it’s called tomorrow, adjusting your attitude and efforts toward future possibilities.

Tough times are just part of life’s natural balance. –  Life looks different through everyone’s eyes.  In fact, who you were, who you are, and who you will become are three completely different people.  And as you gradually grow beyond the person you were yesterday, keep life’s challenges in perspective.  

Pain helps you grow. – Sometimes things must change so you can change.  Sometimes you must break a little so you can get a peek inside to see what an awesome powerhouse you are.  Sometimes mistakes must be made so wisdom can be earned. 

Success is a way of living. – Don’t let your struggles become your identity.  Not everything in your life will go as you expect it to. Remind yourself that it’s perfectly okay not to be perfect. 

You can choose differently. –  No matter what happens, YOU control what the meaning is, and what to do with the meaning you give to the circumstance.  Choose to react in a way that motivates happiness, love, or forgiveness, even when circumstances make that choice difficult.

It’s not supposed to be easy. – Just because you’re not where you want to be today doesn’t mean you won’t be there someday.  Again, success is tied to long-term determination.  Successful people keep moving and trying.  They make mistakes, but they do not quit. 

Simplify, simplify, simplify. – Like all magnificent things, life is quite simple.   One day you will find the right words, the right decisions, and the right solutions that will lead you to victory, and they will be far simpler than they seem right now.  ReadThe Power of Less.

Life is still good. – Your life may not be perfect, but it is good.  And more good things are coming down the road as long as you keep moving forward

Picasso Baby

"WANT les essentiels de la vie" is a great leather goods designs brand, created by twins brothers: Byron and Dexter Peart.  Check out two articles about them. ( The good part they from Montreal)

http://www.businessoffashion.com/2013/04/turning-point-how-want-les-essentiels-de-la-vie-found-their-footing.html

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