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Hi ,

You've heard the origin story now. The tailor in Madrid, the gap in the market, the craftspeople who didn't want to deal with me. The version that makes sense in retrospect.

Here's the version that was actually happening in real time.

It's 2020. I'm in a Paris apartment overlooking the Louvre. My marriage has just ended. I've sold the software company I spent fifteen years building — the thing I built my professional identity around, the thing that told the world who I was. And the world has just shut down.

I'm in my late forties. Alone. Identity dissolved. And I've decided I'm going to start a fashion brand.

I know how that sounds. I knew how it sounded then. It sounds nuts.

My friends were supportive in the way people are when they don't believe you but they love you. That's amazing, Max. Good for you. You know the tone. The industry was worse — an unknown American with no fashion credentials wasn't exactly what these craftspeople had been waiting for.

I got a co-working space in Lisbon. Went to a hardware store. Came back and built shelves — shoes off, scrambling around, unpaid employee number one. This guy who just sold a software company, telling people he's starting a fashion brand.

It was isolating in a way that's hard to describe. My professional network didn't understand what I was doing. My family was supportive in the way people are when they're being polite about something they think won't work. I was bouncing between Lisbon and Paris and Valencia, building alone.

But here's what I knew: I had seen the problem clearly. I had the resources to attack it. And I had nothing left to prove to anyone but myself.

That's actually the best possible position to be in.

So I ground. I still am.

There's more to this story — the parts I don't usually put in an email. I'm putting them in the film. When it's ready, I think you'll understand why

Y.Chroma exists in a way that goes beyond the clothes.

FOUNDER, Y.CHROMA - LISBON

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25:Tb8f,Hi , You've heard the origin story now. The tailor in Madrid, the gap in the market, the craftspeople who didn't want to deal with me. The version that makes sense in retrospect. Here's the version that was actually happening in real time. It's 2020. I'm in a Paris apartment overlooking the Louvre. My marriage has just ended. I've sold the software company I spent fifteen years building — the thing I built my professional identity around, the thing that told the world who I was. And the world has just shut down. I'm in my late forties. Alone. Identity dissolved. And I've decided I'm going to start a fashion brand. I know how that sounds. I knew how it sounded then. It sounds nuts. My friends were supportive in the way people are when they don't believe you but they love you. That's amazing, Max. Good for you. You know the tone. The industry was worse — an unknown American with no fashion credentials wasn't exactly what these craftspeople had been waiting for. I got a co-working space in Lisbon. Went to a hardware store. Came back and built shelves — shoes off, scrambling around, unpaid employee number one. This guy who just sold a software company, telling people he's starting a fashion brand. It was isolating in a way that's hard to describe. My professional network didn't understand what I was doing. My family was supportive in the way people are when they're being polite about something they think won't work. I was bouncing between Lisbon and Paris and Valencia, building alone. But here's what I knew: I had seen the problem clearly. I had the resources to attack it. And I had nothing left to prove to anyone but myself. That's actually the best possible position to be in. So I ground. I still am. There's more to this story — the parts I don't usually put in an email. I'm putting them in the film. When it's ready, I think you'll understand why Y.Chroma exists in a way that goes beyond the clothes. FOUNDER, Y.CHROMA - LISBON PS. 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