Yvette Floro has been designing handbags and fashion accessories for over 20 years. She graduated from the University of Santo Thomas (Manila) in 1984 with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts. Yvette started working for Floro Enterprises Inc., owned by Greg Floro, right after school, when she answered an ad for a designer of fashion accessories. At the time, Floro Enterprises was involved in manufacturing costume jewelry for the local market, but that same year Greg attended a trade show called Manila FAME in an effort to learn more about exporting.