Built on tradition, superior craftsmanship, and timelessness, it is our mission to not only create products, but an experience that becomes apart of your own story. From the start, the founder’s goal was to form a brand causing customers to pause, reflect, and interact with one another outside the shopping experience. We hope to merge our expertise with the simplicity of connection.
I’ve been riding horses since I was 4 years old. They have always been my best friends no matter where I lived growing up in 8 different states. After having to flee LA to save my life, I found myself in NYC reconnecting with who I was at my happiest times…which happened to be on the East Coast. The smells, the values, the humbleness of NY took me back to when I rode my horse, Magic. I remembered how it felt galloping freely in an open field together for the first time and knew that feeling could be carried anywhere - mental strength. That was what life was about. Generosity, freedom, love, depth. All spoken to me in metaphors through a horse’s eyes. My goal is for Anslibu to foster the simplicity of connection causing customers to pause, reflect, and interact with one another outside the shopping experience…most importantly embracing the feeling of freedom and confidence within and inspiring them to find their own metaphors while living in our garments.
I always felt my best helping others since I was very young. I knew it was possible to be happy again and I had to dive deep within myself to get there. A greeting card is included with each purchase to give to someone else in memory of my elderly neighbors who were battling mental and physical pain. They would collect every card I gave them. It’s about being in touch and connecting with others on a genuine deep level. Feelings you can’t get from social media…you really have to connect with your surroundings and feel with your heart. An anslibu tradition.
No matter what I went through, I still embraced my softness and no one will take that away from me even when it was taken advantage of and became my weakness. It will forever be my strength. As seen through the feminine, freeing touches in the clothing and places those touches represent.
Each collection is a story from my journey. I am not what happened to me, but who I’ve always been and I am not afraid to embrace it. I am flying freely and so are my dreams.
My dream... the "magic" of Anslibu
dew glistens fogging up the window as I awaken to my 7 am alarm. excitement and comfort fill my body with a gleaming smile. frantically I search for the tan breeches on my messy bedroom floor. it doesn’t take long to find them as the smell of hay and horse guides my nose. I tie up my paddock boots and pull on my chaps. blurred lines plays loudly on the radio while the car wheels travel along the bumpy potholed road making their way to the barn with my mom’s hands tightly gripping the steering wheel.
everything feels magical.
today is the day my dream comes alive.
I groom magic then gently tack him up with an english saddle and quietly lead him to the arena to warm up. we are ready. we walk patiently all the way to the very end of the pasture behind the pond. my muscles tense up out of pure excitement but only for a moment. I never felt more relaxed and ready. with my hands bunched up on his mane, my body transforms into a 2-point position. I squeeze magic with my legs and heels. we take off. dirt flies as all four hooves glide through the air at once. we are free. my hair blows in the wind with his mane, and my face lights up with a never-ending smile. all I think about is nothing…purely captured in feelings of ecstasy and depth. it is heavenly.
magical.
freedom. happiness. selflessness. magic represented that. his name was perfect. he truly was magic, and he showed me the true meaning of magic. galloping together in that open field and sharing that moment of freedom, we connected together as one.
life is freeing if you let yourself fly freely.
magical.
I hope this feeling travels through this brand wherever you wear it. it’s about mentally letting yourself go with the wind, not caring what others think, being one with yourself, making your dreams come true, enjoying the moment that is life.
this happy place is my home wherever I go.
it is magic.
and whenever I encounter trauma or fear I remember how I felt galloping in that open field
and I know I can get through anything
if I always lead with an open heart and spirit and mind
I am free of fear
it is my life to live
my life to own
my decision to fly freely and past the ptsd
and there I find myself on the back of a horse connecting with what really matters in life
the depths, the happiness, the love
…and on my journey of life constantly blazing my own trail I gathered metaphors through a horse’s eyes singing to me like a poem thoughtfully expressed through each garment.