# @mikaela.pabon on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DS6L6DgDH06
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63503639-mikaelapabon-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ff7d9aca91.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-12-31T01:20:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Mikaela Pabon (@mikaela.pabon) — https://gondola.cc/mikaela.pabon

## Caption

🥹 My first runway show was like living in a dream. When I saw that first look walk, the tears started to well up and I felt my heart leap from my chest.

*Breathe, Mikaela* I repeated to myself, over and over again because I didn’t wanna cry before doing my final walk.

I was telling someone that I’d been prepping for this show since before we went to Essence fest, and she corrected me - “you’ve been prepping for this your whole life” 😭 

She was right. 

I remember the very first fashion show I went to. It was Rag & Bone back in 2011 and I was sitting in the 3rd row as someone’s guest. I cried. Because I so badly wanted to experience the feeling of sending my own collection down a runway. 

But how? 🤷🏽‍♀️

I didn’t have to figure it all out - God did. All I did was keep the dream in my heart and take the tiniest steps in the direction of that dream.

Even with this show being a huge win for my brand, we’re still in a stormy season but I’m remaining faithful that God didn’t bring me this far just to get *this* far. I’m trusting that more… bigger than I can imagine is on its way. 🙏🏾✨ 

#pivotingover40 #blackfashiondesigner #styleover40 #lifeafter40

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styleover40, lifeafter40, pivotingover40, blackfashiondesigner

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