The Untold Chapter: Learning to Choose My Own Story

Before The Untold Chapter, there was another chapter of my life that was largely about carrying forward a legacy. My father was my hero. When I found myself responsible for continuing the family business, I embraced that role with a deep sense of love, purpose and pride. Carrying forward what he had built felt like a privilege and a way of honouring him. At that stage of my life, my own dreams were still there, but they took a back seat to something that felt bigger than me.

Years later, becoming a mother made me think differently about what it means to build a life. Motherhood became one of the greatest and most meaningful chapters of my life, but it also made me think deeply about identity. I began asking myself what I wanted my son to see when he looked at me. I wanted him to see a mother who loved him deeply, but also a woman who continued to grow, create, take risks and pursue something of her own. I realized I wanted to write a chapter that was truly mine.

And that became The Untold Chapter.

The name itself is deeply personal to me. It represents the chapters of our lives that are still unwritten—the possibilities that exist beyond the roles and expectations we've inherited. For me, fashion became the medium, but the message has always been much bigger.

I believe women should have the freedom to live and choose their lives on their own accord.

To define success for themselves. To become mothers, build businesses, have careers, stay home, change direction, start again, or pursue something completely unexpected.

We don't all begin from the same place, and our paths don't always unfold according to plan. Sometimes life asks us to step into responsibilities we never expected. Sometimes we put our own dreams aside for the people we love. And sometimes, years later, we realize there are still chapters of ourselves waiting to be explored.

For me, The Untold Chapter was that exploration. When I started, I brought with me years of experience managing businesses from a broader, strategic perspective, as well as experience building several startups of my own. I've always been entrepreneurial and have explored different industries throughout my career. Each one taught me something different, but they all reinforced something I believe strongly today: while industries may change, the fundamentals of building a successful business don’t. Understanding your customer, knowing your numbers, having a clear strategy, building the right relationships and being willing to adapt are just as important in a creative business as they are anywhere else.

I also had a genuine connection to fashion. I had previously owned an e-commerce business in the fashion space, so I understood the industry from a commercial perspective, but I was always drawn to the creative side of it too. I loved the idea that the way we dress is a form of self-expression; a kind of art that allows us to communicate something about who we are without saying a word.

What I wanted to build with The Untold Chapter was the intersection of those two worlds: the business experience I had developed over the years with my love for fashion, creativity and storytelling.

And just as important to me was building a community around the brand. I wanted to create genuine, personal connections with the women who wore our clothes because I knew that, ultimately, the people and relationships behind a brand matter just as much as the product itself.

And the brand continued to evolve.

What began as an online fashion business eventually grew into a physical showroom and, more importantly, a way of creating experiences around fashion. I've always felt that fashion should be about more than simply putting a garment on a hanger and selling it.

That is why our immersive pop-ups have become such an important part of The Untold Chapter. We bring together fashion, art, music, movement, storytelling and unexpected spaces to create an experience around the collection. I want women to walk into one of our events and feel something; not just discover a piece they love, but feel inspired, connected and part of something bigger than themselves.

Part of a community of women who are each writing their own stories, on their own terms.

For me, that's where the brand really comes alive; not just in the clothes, but in the connections we create around them. And at the heart of it is still the woman wearing the clothes.

As women, our days are full. We move from school drop-off to meetings, appointments, errands and, hopefully, time with the people we love. I wanted to curate clothes that move with us through all of it. Because our clothes should work for our lives, not the other way around. We might leave home in the morning wearing sneakers for school drop-off, head into meetings, run errands, and find ourselves having dinner with our partner that evening. I don't want a woman to feel that she needs to go home and completely change every time her plans change. A pair of tailored trousers can work with sneakers in the morning and heels at night. A blazer can be styled with denim during the day and become part of an evening look. A few thoughtful pieces can create completely different looks depending on how you wear them.

A few thoughtful pieces. Multiple possibilities. One woman moving through her whole day.

I want women to leave home feeling like themselves; to feel confident in what they're wearing without spending their entire day thinking about what they're going to wear next.

Building a business while raising a family has taught me that there is no perfect balance. Some days my son needs more of me. Other days my business does. There are mornings when motherhood comes first and evenings when I'm answering emails long after everyone has gone to bed. I've stopped trying to make every day equal. Instead, I've learned that balance is about making space for the things that matter in each season of your life. And the reality is that entrepreneurship isn't always as beautiful as it can look from the outside.

There are always plenty of days of uncertainty and plenty of nights when I still question whether I am taking on too much. There are days when you're the founder, buyer, stylist, customer-service team, operations manager and sometimes the person packing the box and then you go home and you're still a mom. I've had to learn as I go, ask for help, let go of perfection and accept that building something meaningful takes time.

And with those difficult moments in life comes the lesson of resilience: That not every setback needs to become a stop sign. Sometimes it's simply information; a chance to learn, adjust and keep moving.

But perhaps the most important thing I've learned as a mother and entrepreneur is that my son doesn't need to see me have everything figured out. I want him to see me building something. I want him to see the uncertainty, the hard work, the mistakes, the small victories and the courage it takes to keep going. I want him to understand that you can honour where you come from without being limited by it. And that you can carry a legacy and still create something of your own.

That becoming a mother doesn't mean becoming less of yourself. If anything, motherhood made me more determined to understand who I am and what I want to leave behind. And perhaps that is what The Untold Chapter means to me most. It's a reminder that our stories are never finished. We can honour the chapters that came before us without allowing them to determine what comes next. We can change direction, pursue the dreams we once put aside, and make room for all the different parts of ourselves.

Ultimately, I want The Untold Chapter to give women a little more freedom- not just in what they wear, but in how they see themselves and the lives they believe they can create. Because if a woman can walk out of her home in the morning feeling completely like herself, move through everything her day asks of her, and still feel confident sitting down to dinner that evening, then we've done something meaningful.

And if my son grows up knowing that his mother honoured her past, built something of her own, and continued to write her story along the way, then perhaps that is the legacy I want to leave him.

We don't have to live a story that was written for us. We get to choose. We get to evolve. We get to become. And ultimately, we get to write our own chapter.

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