Absolutely. Creating charming pieces from vintage materials, especially from lovely silk flowers, has been my passion for many years. But there is much more to being an entrepreneur: creating and crafting as well as restoring, collecting, marketing etc. It means 14 hour working days, seven days a week – which is only possible if you love what you do.

People are often surprised by how much effort it is to find and restore every single silk blossom and combine them harmoniously. Every piece is unique. It is usually the most special moment of the job when I browse my archive with customers, trying to perfectly match my material with their old, personal pieces.

Lilly is one of my cats I found in a refuse bin when she was a kitten. Animals, especially cats, are the love of my life and therefore I applied the name of my very special Miss Lilly for my company brand.

It is usually the different ‘firsts’ that touch me most: when I saw one of my objects featured in Vogue for the first time, the first – and only – time Karl Lagerfeld reposted one of my pictures, the first time Lana del Rey wore my pieces on stage, and so on.