As a child, I wanted to become a fashion designer, but never had the guts to pursue this dream. It took me almost 30 years and nearly a burn out to finally take a leap of faith and go for it. In 2016 I left my dream job at a multinational company, took a year off, to find something that I felt was missing deep down. In the streets of Barcelona I saw the sign leading me to my mentor, Pedro. I googled a few sentences I wanted to say in Spanish, knocked on his door and said, “Hi, my name is Valbona, I have a dream.”. Pedro smiled. That was the beginning of a wonderful friendship.
This is how the LOVE BRAND, VALBONA Leather was created. The first collection I dedicated to the people that had a big impact in the last years, my sister and best friends. This tradition is still carried on.