The Contour of Luxury Fall/Winter 2018 | Page 85

So, So, that is my life life up up to to date, actually… that is my date, actually… Alexis Day: Alexis Day: I’m I’m a creative person, and and when people speak I listen in pictures. That was was a creative person, when people speak I listen in pictures. That such a great movie, your life…as seen through your such a great movie, your life…as seen through your words. Thank you you for for that. I literally saw saw everything words. Thank that. I literally everything you you spoke and and it was such an an interesting and and as spoke it was such interesting yes eyes and and you you get get as exciting venture. So So again, thank you you so so much for for exciting venture. again, thank much me me through your past. What a ride! taking through your past. What a ride! oscope of of life.” idoscope life.” taking Freddie Leiba: Freddie Leiba: I don’t take take things for for granted and and I have a very old old I don’t things granted I have a very fashion idea idea of how my my life life is. is. I try to be practical, fashion of how I try to be practical, of course I like to have nice nice things and and all of but but of course I like to have things all that, of that, I also like like to and want to reach out out and and help people. I also to and want to reach help people. You You cannot walk around and and not not see see things. Part Part of of cannot walk around things. being in the business of photography is opening your being in the business of photography is opening your eyes. That’s how I got stimulated by by opening up up and and eyes. That’s how I got stimulated opening seeing lovely things. I’ve I’ve traveled a lot. I’ve I’ve been to to seeing lovely things. traveled a lot. been Africa, Egypt, India and and those sort sort of of places. You You Africa, Egypt, India those places. open your eyes and and you you get get a wonderful kaleidoscope open your eyes a wonderful kaleidoscope of life. When I go I go to these countries and and come back, of life. When to these countries come back, I feel so humbled, because these countries that that I go I go I feel so humbled, because these countries to, to, they have generations before Christ was was born. I I they have generations before Christ born. see see the the magic and and the the beauty and and I wonder how did did magic beauty I wonder how the the Egyptians build those pyramids at that time. I I Egyptians build those pyramids at that time. just just come back so humbled by it. for for me, me, it is it just come back so humbled by So, it. So, is just by by using your eye. eye. It’s It’s trained to to really observe using your trained really observe everything, and and taking in everything, whether it is it is everything, taking in everything, whether the the simplest thing or or the the most sophisticated thing. simplest thing most sophisticated thing. So, So, I get inspiration from everything. Part Part of it of is it keeping yourself stimulated I get inspiration from everything. is keeping yourself stimulated and and opening your eyes and and be be free free with it. I it. can take take the the simplest thing and and opening your eyes with I can simplest thing put put it into a high fashion story. That’s what keeps us going…it’s being curious, it into a high fashion story. That’s what keeps us going…it’s being curious, being brave and and daring. being brave daring.