My Story
My Story
I didn't leave Chanel
because I had to.
I left because I chose to.
because I had to.
I left because I chose to.
I trained as a ballet dancer, acted in LA, then spent 17 years in luxury fashion — learning what truly looks, feels, and fits on a woman's body. What women actually want to wear. What's flattering. What's empowering. My final three years were at Chanel as a Senior Fashion Advisor.
When I became a mother, I made a deliberate choice to build something of my own. House of Cortivo began during COVID with original paintings I poured onto canvas — and then onto leggings. Art you could actually live in.
Today I create limited-batch wearable art and teach other women how to build income on their own terms — from home, on their own schedule, without giving up the life they love.
When I became a mother, I made a deliberate choice to build something of my own. House of Cortivo began during COVID with original paintings I poured onto canvas — and then onto leggings. Art you could actually live in.
Today I create limited-batch wearable art and teach other women how to build income on their own terms — from home, on their own schedule, without giving up the life they love.
"Art shouldn't live behind glass. It should move with you, dress you, surround you. These pieces were created to be lived in — because beauty belongs in your everyday."
— Hillary Ciccarelli Cortivo