To my brands TLG & Aura
You were never "a business." You were a living thing.
You held me through the hardest years of my life. You gave me a place to pour my voice when I didn't know how to speak. You taught me patience, responsibility, courage, softness, and faith.
Through you I learned that art is not just pretty. Art can raise money for Palestine. Art can speak against harassment. Art can make women feel seen and safe in their own bodies. Art can say "you are allowed to be exactly who you are" and mean it.
You introduced me to the most beautiful people.
You built a community around honesty and heart.
You gave me sisters, team, family.
I am proud of you. I am proud of what we stood for. I am proud that we were never just clothes.
Closing this chapter breaks my heart in a very real way. But love sometimes means letting something rest with dignity, while it's still beautiful.
So this is my promise to you: I will carry everything you taught me into what comes next. Your DNA will live in everything I create after this. Nothing about you was "small." Nothing about you was "temporary." You mattered.
This is not goodbye to the love. This is just "thank you for seven unforgettable years."
Love,
Fatma