My name is Wardy Alba, I am 20 years old, I am a seamstress and fashion designer. I have been working for one of the most renowned boutiques in the Eastern Empire "Angel & Love" for more than three years and I have earned my place based on effort to be the best designer in the country so that my mother is proud.
I live with Eve Parson, who also owns the boutique where I work and her son Noah. When I arrived in the Empire the first thing I did was seek employment on the advice of my godparents and I met Eve in the market while I was shopping and asking the vendors about some work.
During the day I dedicate myself to sewing, I learn new types of sewing and how to use machines to put them into my creations. At night I study about the clothing business, accoutrements and artistic trends to add to my designs.
It was difficult for me the first few months but now I can make a dress as beautiful as the one in the magazines that I received as a gift that day.
Eve discovered me making a dress a month after starting work and without telling me, she took my designs and presented them to the empress who was looking for something unique and comfortable. Since then I have been on the list of registered trademarks. She told me that she was very talented and that she should use it to achieve my dream, so she taught me more to improve myself.
My designs were very advanced for this time and versatile for any use or that was what the fashion critics said who even nicknamed me "Fairy Wardy" for the magic that my models displayed.
There were no longer fringes, corsets, or bulky skirts, everything became light, short with more ease and stylized, to the point that orders began to rain on me.
I introduced the fashion of the short dress and the use of pants for women, which for the most orthodox people were very daring and cheeky. If it hadn't been for the princess and the empress who came looking for comfort when dressing, perhaps my designs would still be stored in the drawer.
The princess was fascinated and, like her mother, requested a collection of her own. Noah, who works as a shoemaker, began to create designs never seen before when I indicated how to vary the shapes so that his shoes are more colorful with rustic and elegant touches. He helps me with the combinations according to the clothes to be able to sell his works in special combos
High boots, ballerinas, heels, sandals, ankle boots and more went on sale when the princess and empress showed up to the Archduke's gala wearing neckless miniskirt dresses, buttoned jackets and low-heeled shoes. Even the emperor wore a suit and tie that made him look imposing.
The clothes that I created became part of the Alba's Dream collection and when I wanted to realize it, my name began to be famous. There was no one who did not know Fairy Wardy, the Angel & Love store and the Magic Forest line of shoe stores. If you want to be fashionable, you must go through the branches that have opened throughout the empire.
For a change, my colleagues Tazin, Sari and Gink opened their own lines of bags, watches and jewelry. They said that I inspired them to follow their dreams, I honestly do not know, but there is something that I am sure of, that if I had not met my godparents Eda and Ross, today I would not be where I want to be and doing what my mother taught me to love; design so that people are happy.
After that Noah started courting me and we ended up married a year later. Each one managed an item to stand out before the world and we began to expand the clothing and shoes business.
When I was six months pregnant, Princess Ludovica was getting married and she asked me to make a dress that had the essence of the sea. Seeking inspiration, I walking along the beach and decided to do something unbeatable. I took various lace, silks and rhinestones to create a masterpiece that ended up being the envy and desire of every committed woman.
On the wedding day we were placed near the emperors to witness the union of the princess with Archduke Arno. Seeing the princess with her dress, the guests were speechless with emotion and amazement that she emitted. It was the first time they had seen something so beautiful and sublime.
The dress was simple and fitted the shape of the princess, denoting her hips, it had an open back with intertwined flower beading and the train covered with rhinestones and white pearls that emulated sea foam in conjunction with the lace. With every step she took, the princess seemed to be floating on the water. The sight of her was so wonderful that she would bewitch anyone.
After that, my name became famous all over the continent.
One day when I was playing with my daughter Edaleen, a noble came to the store demanding a dress for the future wife of a duke. He mistake Eve for me and she laughingly offered him the clothes on display but the man insisted that it be personalized.
When he brought the bride and her father I gulped. It was Carmen and the marquis, who had come looking for a dress for her wedding. It was clear that they had no sense of fashion and only came for rumors. They started criticizing my designs, moving them in disgust until they managed to infuriate me.
Noah realized why she was angry and comforted me by saying not to come out to attend to them. When we found out, Edaleen had run towards them. The marquis stared at her and when he was about to pick her up, Eve grabbed her and handed her back to Noah.
-That girl looks like ...-
-Excuse me, my daughter is very energetic.-
-It's just that his daughter is identical to my daughter when she was a child- Noah looked at Carmen oddly
-Sorry if I confused you, I was referring to my other daughter. She was just like her late mother, now they rest together.
-I am sorry to hear that-
-It's funny, I met my late wife in a clothing store like this one. She loved to sew, but she quit when we got married. My daughter also loved to sew, she made dresses for her dolls, too bad I don't have photos to show you-
-Well, things happen for a reason. Although I am very sorry for you loss, I am afraid that if you are not going to buy I will ask you to keep looking elsewhere since we are closing-
-Yes, there is nothing that suits my daughter's tastes. Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience-
The marquis looked sadly at Edaleen as if wanting to take her in her arms but he turned around and left. Noah under the blinds.
- A bit hypocritical of him to pretend that you are dead and appeal to pain when he threw you out on the street, do not leave the house with Eda until those people leave the Empire.
-Thanks Noah-
After two days they returned to their country. I will never know why it seemed that my absence really hurt him, perhaps having fled against his expectations shocked him or perhaps he was not expected to take my mother's things and all the photos where I appeared so that I would forget how he did with her.
This is better, my godparents gave me a second chance and I'm going to make the most of it. I just want everyone to be happy.
Alba's dream came true and got her happy ending, while for the marquess, he never knew what happened to her or where his daughter went, only when he returned home and was told that she never arrived, he realized that she had escaped far away.
He found his drawer empty and all the photos of her daughter had disappeared from the house, he knew instantly that she already knew about the music box and took it away. The pain of having lost his daughter depressed him and he felt that he could no longer remember her face alone until he saw Edaleen and the memory of a little Rosalba running into his arms resurfaced to break him heart.
He decided that he would continue to wait for her until the end of his days so that he could apologize for failing as her father.