Velora

Running a fashion brand at the premium tier means your platform has to behave like a premium platform. But most luxury-positioned sites fake the backend entirely — the auth flow leads nowhere, the cart loses state on refresh, and no one emails you when an order comes in. Your customers notice. Velora was built with one rule: nothing gets faked.

Built on Next.js 15 with a GSAP-powered cinematic opening sequence, Supabase magic-link authentication, Zustand cart state, and a Postgres trigger webhook for order notifications via Gmail SMTP. 44 curated editorial visuals across fully static pages. No content management overhead, no placeholder copy.

Before: a visually complete site with a broken backend — auth that went nowhere, cart state that evaporated, and no order visibility. After: magic-link authentication that works, a cart that persists correctly, real Gmail notifications firing on every checkout, and 44 editorial visuals staged through a GSAP cinematic opening. The frontend and backend are both done.

• Authentication works — magic-link sign-in via Supabase, with Personal Archive and Circle membership tier
• Cart state is persistent via Zustand — add to bag, navigate away, come back, still there
• Every order triggers a real email notification via Gmail SMTP — no silent checkouts
• 44 curated editorial visuals staged through a GSAP cinematic opening sequence — the brand lands before a word is read