story

Hey, my name is Ornella. I live in Paris and work in tech as a senior brand and growth operations manager. I’ve always been exploring my creative side from a very young age. 

I love photography; people and things are my favourite subjects. The first outfit is a nod to our planet and summer. It feels light and bright. 

The second outfit shows my love for my city and vintage football shirts. The third one is a reference to the one they call the 'city of love' and my passion for patterns and co-ords. 

I recently moved into a new house and it inspired me to dig for new sounds like I've always loved to do in my MySpace era, and fulfil my interior design fantasies. I’m not scared of mixing...

...colours and patterns on a wall. My style is a time-travelling machine. When I put it together, I think about a time, a place and a feeling. It always has to celebrate moments of joy. This has been a very...

...well-kept secret, but my grandma stayed with us for a few years when I was younger. My mum got my grandma a pair of Cortez ‘jewel’; they were turquoise, and they looked so good on, I didn’t resist wearing them behind my mum’s and grandma’s back.

SNKRS Style

Cortez 'Black'