The next challenge was the wood. Wood was the heart of my bag. It had to be perfect. I had some developments with hatbox makers because they had been working with rounded wood since the 1950s and they were industry experts, but no one could make the right base for my bag.

It took almost a year to develop my product at the Varese factory. With this factory, for the first time, I saw the manifestation of my creation. I celebrated how the energy was transforming into form. There was just one thing — the product had imperfections and my soul didn't dance.

After leaving my factory, I went to other luxury producers in this town. Since everybody there knew each other, I had a strange experience — all manufacturers declined to work with me because I left that factory. It seemed like I was in a wrong movie. The doors of this town suddenly were closed for me forever.

What was my deepest truth? I didn’t want to create just a bag. I wanted the bag of my dreams! But the dream bag could only be produced in a dream factory! To find such a factory seemed absolutely impossible, but deep inside I knew: in alignment with truth, anything is possible.

I didn't not know where to look for a dream factory. But I felt called to connect with my creation on a different level. Could I make this bag myself? It seemed crazy. I turned my kitchen into a laboratory and started experimenting as I had in childhood.

How could I find my dream factory? I had seen many factories, but not all. I purchased an official list of all factories in the country. This time, I decided to have no intermediaries, drivers, or translators. I wanted to find my factory with my heart, by smelling the energy, by identifying the vibration.

On the first day of my telephone adventure, I came across a voice that felt right. We met. He recommended a meeting with his unusual colleague, and there I went, to meet the mysterious Mindert.

I entered the secret legendary factory. It took my breath away...It was beyond my imagination. It was beyond anything I ever saw. It was another dimension of life — a real fairytale.

This was not an ordinary factory. It was an atelier of a legendary fashion house. They arranged a meeting with Claudio, the president of the factory. Claudio carried dignity and wisdom. His greatness was in his humility. I had never met such leaders.

My first steps at the factory began with Stefano. Stefano’s mastery was understanding subtle things in production. Before I used to spend many efforts trying to explain to factories the idea of the importance of every millimetre of my creation. But I was not received. Stefano immediately recognised the essence of this creation. For the first time, I didn’t need to explain.

On this quest, I keep discovering: when I am connected with my higher self - anything is possible. Conscious creation with the Divine is the highest form of creativity. This is why we are here. Whenever our soul is dancing - this is an indicator of our deepest truth. The only question is, if we are brave enough to follow it?