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Lisimbein
A childhood shock, retold as a family joke.
Lisimbein means centipede in Papiamentu. The collection was born from a family trip to Curaçao, visiting my aunt, a centipede crawled up my back, the shock turned into a laugh, and the story has been retold at the table ever since. The prints carry that energy: adventure, the unexpected, the kind of moment that becomes a family inside-joke decades later.
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Patu
Patu is built on a memory with my great-grandmother. As a kid, every time I got new shoes I would race to show them off, clutching them in both hands and shouting "Patu!" while trying to say "Sapatu", the Papiamento word for shoe. "Patu" actually means duck. The mix-up stuck, and so did the joke. The collection carries that innocence into cotton: heavyweight hoodies, midweight tees, prints that wear the family story without having to explain it.
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Avocado
Avocado started with an actual avocado pit on my counter. I nurtured it, watched the roots reach, the sprout appear, the plant slowly take its space. A patient, quiet process that turned into a whole collection. The prints carry that spirit, patience, growth, the reward of nurturing something from humble beginnings into something that thrives.
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Peeling Paint
There's a window frame in my living room I look at every day from the couch. The paint is peeling, layer by layer, revealing colours someone else chose decades ago. It's a small reminder of how time passes, and how the things that age in plain sight often hold the most beauty. The collection turns that window into prints: grit, fades, honesty in imperfection.