Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు

BECOMING/BUILDING🌱| Founder & CEO MAISON MOTEMA / @BantuDesiTeas | Author of Unbound | Host of The Unbound Podcast | Building impact one bold step at a time.

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

What they don’t tell you is that entrepreneurship is a pilgrimage — equal parts of purpose, sweat, and surrender. It’s becoming the person who can hold and build the vision.

Here are 5 truths I’ve gathered building my own dreams into reality with @bantudesiteas and other ventures.

If you’re on your own journey, I see you. Keep going.

Love always,
V.

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

MAISON MOTEMA by @ELLEmagazine “Redefining luxury through craftsmanship, heritage, and life experience.”

https://t.co/JpKn7AOPFC

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

MAISON MOTEMA for l’Officiel Magazine, “The Maam” Bag, Caramel.

Spring/Summer 2026 https://t.co/Egpc9SqGQl

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

Cover Girl, MAISON MOTEMA for l’Officiel Magazine. “The Maam” Bag, Deep Burgundy

Spring/Summer 2026

https://t.co/Y6GSGv5igF

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

Grateful for the journey and excited for what is coming next.

Discover our full collection at https://t.co/vlGzjkuJT1

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

Maison Motema presented during Paris Fashion Week, and was featured in international press this season.

For a young brand built on craftsmanship & artisanship, this means more than visibility — it means our story, our artisans, & our work are being seen.

https://t.co/WswnrxCsuL

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

@matt_gray_ 100!

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

This Saturday, March 21 at 2PM, we are hosting an in-store Experience for the new MAISON MOTEMA @maisonmotema collection that we recently presented during Paris Fashion Week.

https://t.co/FrKZf0bkQk

Location:
419 Broome Street, SoHo
New York City

Love always,
V.

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

Paris → New York.
After presenting Maison Motema at the Paris Fashion Week, we’ve brought the collection to SoHo.

Join us March 21 • 2PM
419 Broome St. SoHo. NYC

Limited pieces available. RSVP: https://t.co/FrKZf0bkQk

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

The Maam Collection, available now at https://t.co/3SPZP4Tjxt

#MaisonMotema #MaamCollection #WomenWhoInspire #QuietLuxury #PFW Paris Palais Bourbon Paris Fashion Week

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

They say you can tell when a designer truly loves the women she designs for.

For Verlaine Diane @verlainediane, that love begins with the women who shaped her long before Maison Motema was born.

https://t.co/m5nOfe1nVz

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

The Maam Collection is an homage to the generations that came before her — her grandmother, her mother, and the many women whose strength, elegance, and quiet resilience inspired her vision of womanhood.

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

Maison Motema Featured in Public Magazine, France

https://t.co/uz3mVR5OqF

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

Thank you to the artisans, the team, and every woman who chooses to wear meaning.

Discover our full collection of jewelry and bags at https://t.co/3SPZP4Tjxt

I’m not in Paris right now, but if you are, pick up a copy…V.

#Fashion #MaisonMotema #Handbag #womeninspiringwomen

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

Maison Motema is in @InsidePublic magazine!

I’m deeply grateful to see Maison Motema featured, a moment that reminds me why we started this journey.

What began as an intimate dialogue between craft, heritage, and quiet strength now finds its way onto these international pages…

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

meaning.
Not as trend, but as legacy.

Motema means heart in Lingala, and everything we create carries that intention: redefining African luxury craftsmanship, bronze shaped by hand, leather worked with patience, pieces designed to be lived in — and to last.

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

I just launched our first Maison Motema #handbags collection.
And we are live at https://t.co/3SPZP4Tjxt!

If you’ve reached a point where beauty alone isn’t enough, where you want intention, quality, and meaning behind your bag — this is for you🤍

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

Discover "The First Collection: Echoes of a Dream" by Maison Motema

“When I created the first collection of Maison Motema, I wanted to begin by explaining where it comes from and what it carries.
Echoes of a Dream is the name I gave to this chapter…

https://t.co/ottaQpaumB

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

Maison Motema's First Collection of Luxury Handbags Featured in LUCY'S Magazine:

https://t.co/gNEFtBkK7n

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

@JohnMbundi @BantuDesiTeas @FAO @FAOIndia @FAOAfrica @UNDPAfrica @UNDPGPCG @AminaJMohammed @ahunnaeziakonwa Thank you, dear!

[Verlaine-Diane Soobroydoo సుబ్బారాయుడు @VerlaineDiane]

Comptoir @BantuDesiTeas Wins Three International Medals in Paris — A Tribute to Heritage, Women Farmers, and the Future of Tea and agriculture in Africa and India 🌿🌱

https://t.co/uJ3Akyo8Gk