Debora
My name is Debora, and I am the founder of Debora Intimates.
Debora Intimates was born from a need, even before it became a project.
For a long time, I had what is often called a “safe job”: stable, structured, predictable. Yet inside, I felt dull, disconnected, almost faded.
My creative side — the one that had always drawn, painted, played music, created — had fallen silent. I had no hobbies, no stimulation, no space where I could truly recognize myself.
Sewing entered my life in this way. Almost by chance, almost out of necessity.
And lingerie chose me more than I chose it.
It was a time when my friends and I would gift each other lingerie, talk about it, share it as something intimate and personal. Not to please someone else, but for ourselves. It was an act of complicity, listening, shared femininity. That’s when I realized lingerie could be much more than a garment.
My relationship with my body has never been simple.
I have always been very slim, and for years this was a source of insecurity. During adolescence, I learned to hide myself: under clothes, in my gestures, even in the most intimate moments. I avoided the beach, avoided gazes, avoided being seen.
Over time, I began to make peace with myself. Taking care of my body, nourishing it properly, listening to it, helped me change my perspective. I started to show myself a little more, to choose clothing that enhanced exactly those parts that once made me feel uncomfortable.
Even today, it’s not always easy: the gaze of others, their projections, the fear of being “too much” or “not enough” are still part of my journey. But now I know that my value goes far beyond my body.
Debora Intimates was also born from this: the desire to create lingerie that doesn’t ask you to hide, but accompanies you. That doesn’t impose an image, but leaves space for the woman who wears it.
For me, craftsmanship is a life choice.
I come from a world made of deadlines, pressure, and constant rush. And I understood that the life I want — and the family I dream of — needs slowness.
Creating by hand, cooking with simple ingredients, caring for the home as a safe and peaceful place: these are gestures that bring me back to myself. Lingerie is born in the same way, with time, attention, and respect.
I speak to tired women.
Women tired of living according to models that don’t represent them. Tired of looking at their bodies through eyes that aren’t their own. Women who feel the need to change the way they listen to themselves, see themselves, and live themselves.
Within Debora Intimates, delicacy and strength coexist.
The child and the woman. Vulnerability and courage.
Each piece is created to accompany them both.
Because feeling beautiful is not a promise to fulfill,
but a safe space to inhabit.
Debora Intimates was born from a need, even before it became a project.
For a long time, I had what is often called a “safe job”: stable, structured, predictable. Yet inside, I felt dull, disconnected, almost faded.
My creative side — the one that had always drawn, painted, played music, created — had fallen silent. I had no hobbies, no stimulation, no space where I could truly recognize myself.
Sewing entered my life in this way. Almost by chance, almost out of necessity.
And lingerie chose me more than I chose it.
It was a time when my friends and I would gift each other lingerie, talk about it, share it as something intimate and personal. Not to please someone else, but for ourselves. It was an act of complicity, listening, shared femininity. That’s when I realized lingerie could be much more than a garment.
My relationship with my body has never been simple.
I have always been very slim, and for years this was a source of insecurity. During adolescence, I learned to hide myself: under clothes, in my gestures, even in the most intimate moments. I avoided the beach, avoided gazes, avoided being seen.
Over time, I began to make peace with myself. Taking care of my body, nourishing it properly, listening to it, helped me change my perspective. I started to show myself a little more, to choose clothing that enhanced exactly those parts that once made me feel uncomfortable.
Even today, it’s not always easy: the gaze of others, their projections, the fear of being “too much” or “not enough” are still part of my journey. But now I know that my value goes far beyond my body.
Debora Intimates was also born from this: the desire to create lingerie that doesn’t ask you to hide, but accompanies you. That doesn’t impose an image, but leaves space for the woman who wears it.
For me, craftsmanship is a life choice.
I come from a world made of deadlines, pressure, and constant rush. And I understood that the life I want — and the family I dream of — needs slowness.
Creating by hand, cooking with simple ingredients, caring for the home as a safe and peaceful place: these are gestures that bring me back to myself. Lingerie is born in the same way, with time, attention, and respect.
I speak to tired women.
Women tired of living according to models that don’t represent them. Tired of looking at their bodies through eyes that aren’t their own. Women who feel the need to change the way they listen to themselves, see themselves, and live themselves.
Within Debora Intimates, delicacy and strength coexist.
The child and the woman. Vulnerability and courage.
Each piece is created to accompany them both.
Because feeling beautiful is not a promise to fulfill,
but a safe space to inhabit.
