Daniela Corte still remembers the sense of awe she felt upon touching her first bolt of silk. Her father, a Buenos Aires based designer, had taken her with him on a trip to a textile warehouse. He handed her a fabric swatch to play with, and in doing so changed her world forever. Daniela was instantly mesmerized by the shimmery, velvety material and since that moment dreamed of creating clothes that instill the wearer with the very same sense of wonder and luxury.

Like most things - this didn’t happen instantly. But after receiving training in the family business, learning English, immigrating to the United States, graduating from the Boston School of Fashion Design, and working with several well-known Boston designers, her dream finally became a reality. In October of 2000, she assembled a team of fellow female Latinx immigrants and founded her eponymous women’s line.