Born from A Dream, Inspired by Ancestors.
BY: VANESSA OHAHA
SILVANA L ANDA FOUNDER L ANDA BAGS
180 Rare Magazine
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ith a background in commercial and business strategy, Silvana Landa had first-hand insight into how big brands ran and how others were created. Before long, Silvana realized it was time to create something that was hers. “LANDA was born out of a dream and inspired by my ancestors.” As a child, Silvana spent hours watching her Italian grandfather work with leather in his workshop. The entrepreneurial spirit seems to run in her genes. Her grandfather was a cobbler; her father an entrepreneur who taught her much about the corporate world; her grandmother, a self-made pantsuit tailor; and her mom an entrepreneur in her own way. To Silvana, starting her own business felt inescapable.
