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I decided to create Lovely Lonely People , because at the age of 17 I found myself in intense despair for 6 months and I saw myself confronting my mental health.

I saw my life turned upside down overnight.

I felt helpless, lost, angry, petrified, alone fighting against the worst enemy of all, oneself.

I experienced severe depression that I was not aware of at the time. For 5 years now I have lived with the fear of plunging this low again, always with complicated moments but on which I am making progress thanks to therapy.

In September 2022, I decided to put my life on hold entirely and stop my salaried activity in order to be able to settle everything I had to settle, which I had let take up too much space for all these years.

And yet the idea of ​​advancing the cause from which I was suffering and from which many were struggling in the same way, came to me at that moment.

I told myself that if I launched a brand based on mental health awareness, which offered beautiful, comfortable clothing with a strong message, I could ensure that the word is freed around this taboo subject and allow people who need it to feel less alone.

I named the brand Lovely Lonely People , because I realized in therapy that I always talked about the period of my depression using the phrase “I was alone”. And I think that's what depression makes us all feel.

So I realized that I wanted to do more for all of us.

It was then that these 3 words came to me as obvious because they perfectly sum up what I felt at the time.

Because deep down we are just lovely people who loved life, who one day found themselves having to struggle with their mental health and who felt lonely while doing so.

I found it difficult to accept that mental health problems, in the broad sense of the term, were judged and recognized as a weakness.

Certainly, but it does not define us and on the contrary, it ultimately makes us stronger. The more we talk about it openly with words of encouragement, understanding and love, the more people will stop going through this alone and will be able to get all the help they need to move forward.

I want the discussion to take place in places, families, relationships where there was none.

I hope everyone who sees our post understands that there is no shame in talking about our mental health issues or when we are feeling a little down.

I started this adventure with no funding other than my savings.

I had no investors, no marketing strategy or financial plan.

Despite the many things I didn't know going into this project, I knew I really wanted to make a difference.

And I have this belief that when you really want to make a difference, when it comes from the heart and you are determined, thanks to hard work to see this project come to fruition, the happiness is to see that it speaks to the greatest number of people possible.

The goal being that one day, someone sees Lovely Lonely People and says that it made them feel less alone or that they showed the brand to someone and that they understood what I wanted to convey .

I then hope to be able to further develop the brand in the same way as its community, for new designs, new messages.

Thank you very much to those who believe in this brand. To all those who are looking for support and who turn to us, I sincerely hope that you will find everything you need here.

If you would like to see what we offer, head over to our website to find out a little more.

-Laura

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