My Elephant Shoes

Basic finding is usually a much more complicated than we’d like. The author begins to fashion aware of it and creating alternatives that respond to our needs. An example? The designer’s namesake brand and Mabel Montalva basic American-style. I invite you to meet her.

Their motivations for creating Mabel Montalva
“My brand was launched several years ago in the United States. The reason offered in Chile is the same that motivates me to create: women and basic needs are often not satisfied by the market. Commonly costume proposals are focused fast fashion to specific antibodies and, I think design and for all, without exception. Well tell women often hear ‘do not put me before I met you.’ ” “There are changes proposed colors and fabrics appropriate to the Chilean market generic. Prices have also been designed in the domestic market.”

The sources of inspiration for Mabel Montalva
“Women 15 to 60 years younger ‘generation Y’, mothers, wives ‘prime’, who have active lives, they do many daily activities. I influence their habits and their design needs. The place where I am today, the colors I see, the proximity to the sea. I am inspired by global fashion trends. Each piece is conceptualized under the parameters of information. “

Comparing the easy and difficult to undertake in the U.S. versus fashion in Chile “I have made it difficult. The biggest difference for me is the limitation in all the fabrics available, the prices of raw materials are imported if they amount to 30%. The technical knowledge is very limited. The bureaucracy that exists up to open a bank account, etc.. There is so much could be done to change this picture. I have a few ideas, one of them would create an international resource base for national designers to enable them to deliver their lines abroad and may have all the world’s resources, rather than just what occurs to them to bring in imports. “

Mabel imagined future Montalva
“I’m just launching in Chile, arrived in May and decided recently to offer my proposal. My line currently sold in the U.S. with regular customers. My Networks and my resources I have them bound in different parts of the world, with factories in southern China, India, Honduras, Colombia, USA, etc.. My networks are large. With some clients have come to produce more than 2,000,000 pieces per year. My consultancies have become central to the growth of many companies have grown to become empires.

My proposal in Chile is humble. I have dreams and goals, but not how to react to the Chilean market. But I have faith. What I have seen so far is that Chilean women love the new, authentic, simple propositions, yet feminine with a twist. My line is reflected, delivering and this is my main concept. I have not found anything similar in Chile yet. I hope to deliver the best of me as I have done in the U.S., thinking about the woman and never forget for whom I design. There is still much to do and achieve, just beginning my quest in Chile and I have so many decisions to make and learn … What is in my favor is my experience and knowledge, which I will make a big difference. “