My name is Fabiana Rosestolato, and you can call me Fabi. I was born in Brazil, Volta Redonda, a small city in Rio.
My story with fashion started with my grandmothers, both of them were very talented and they sewed, embroidered and crocheted. (unfortunately I don’t have photos with them). My Grandma is also so talented too, my aunts, my mother and my father. I know that my passion with fashion, started with them.
Photo: Cristina (mother), William (father), Célia (grandma), Wilma (aunt) and Wand (aunt).
When I was 17 years old I moved to Rio to do my Fashion University.
I graduated in 2007, and in the same year, I worked in a Brazilian store Aquamar ( www.eaquamar.com.br ), as a fashion Assistant. I had a great experience in this big company, and two years later, I moved to another Carioca brand, Nativa Calçados, ( www.instagram.com/cianativa). I fell in love with shoes and bags, and I grew in this company. I learned everything that I know about business, planning, and fashion. After almost seven years, I decided to live new challenges in my career, so I moved to New York to learn English and accomplish my big dream: “Work with Fashion in New York.”
2015 I arrived in The City that never sleeps, and I got scared about the authentic immigrant lifestyle. My life here in this city was never easy, I had a lot of difficulties, and I grew a lot. Today I can realize how important was my decision, but a lot of times, I felt in my heart that I should give up and go back to Brasil.
In 2016, the first Brazilian company that I worked for, launched its first store in NY, so I called my ex-boss, and I asked for an opportunity. After a couple of months, he hired me, and he offered me 20 days in NY and 15 days in Brazil working for one year in this way but unfortunately the store on soho closed and even with a proposal to go back to work in the Brazil, I decided to stay in NY.
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