October 27, 2012: The TODAY Show

October 30, 2012

After meeting Jacqui Stafford in NYC a year ago, I left our conversation inspired and with the new dream to someday have one of my bags on the TODAY Show. Now a year later, I feel blessed to tune in to Jacqui’s Style Segment to see one of the models

September 14, 2012: Launch of Flagship Website

September 16, 2012

Today really is the day! When I started dreaming, one of the first people I contacted for help was Andres Sommer, who owns the web design and marketing firm in Miami called Sommer Seasons. I did not know Andres, but in viewing his work for the famous Colombian fashion designer

September 5, 2012: Cheerio!

September 16, 2012

One of the challenges I have experienced in being an entrepreneur and designer is overcoming self-doubt. Will people respond to my designs, what if I fail, wouldn’t it be a WHOLE lot easier to take a job with an established company? My work is so personal in nature, a reflection

August 28, 2012: The Fashion Expert

September 16, 2012

Along this journey, I have been fortunate to meet experts and all around great people in the fashion industry who have been so kind in encouraging me to pursue my dream. One of those people is Jacqui Stafford, on-air stylist for NBC’s Today Show, Executive Style Director for Shape Magazine,

August 5, 2012: Luxury Meets Social Responsibility

September 16, 2012

When I created Sandra Cadavid, I started with the goal to handcraft all my handbags in Colombia, using only the highest quality leather, hardware and supporting materials. My friends and colleagues advised me that I was out of my mind to take that path. Why not manufacture in China, where

May 22, 2012: Giuliana!

September 16, 2012

Today is the day! For the last year I have been working in the ‘lab’ at UPitt Katz School of Business designing my first Collection of luxury handbags, and building my company, Sandra Cadavid, from whole cloth (or leather). I started on this journey exactly one year prior and found

April 20, 2011: Inspiration

September 16, 2012

Cartagena, Colombia’s architecture, culture, history and people define this old fortressed city. I walk past the home of Gabriel García Márquez, dreaming of Love in the Time of Cholera. The summer heat is all consuming as I travel down the narrow, winding cobblestone streets seeking my own inspiration. Casa no.