Apart from the incredible rush I get from completing a bag. A big reason why I do what I do is I want to create something you love to wear, let me expand on this concept further.

As a teen I would wasn’t the happiest, like many teenagers and young adults I was plagued with troubling insecurities. I didn’t love myself, I despised many of my facial features that I have grown to love nowadays, my cystic acne was painful to say the least, I was depressed, anxious etc. I found many crutches for my mental troubles, one of them being substances and I quickly became an addict.

Seeing that is a pretty unhealthy way to deal with my problems, on the flip side still had healthy approaches to dampen my internal suffering. One of which being fashion. I remember being around 16, I was a big fan of A$AP Rocky and I saw this picture of him wearing these patchwork pants. Me at the time obviously not being able to afford the designer pair I went out and made my own take on it.

With random fabrics and pillowcases I went to craft , and I must say they turned out pretty damn cool. This was one of my first creations I was genuinely proud of. I can not understate how incredible these pants made feel. I would wear them out and I would instantly feel more comfortable in my skin, it would feel like an expression of me.

I think what people who are uninterested in the topic of fashion don’t understand and even people who are; don’t truly observe what self expression means. To me it means displaying your personality to the world, sending out your energy and vibration in to your surroundings. When I look good, I feel good, and I sense that that positive affects the people around me in a good way. It works like a loop because of that their positivity makes me happier.

Another part of me is that I am a stickler for quality, I can’t stand something that isn’t made well. I feel like most businesses people would say I’m shooting myself in the foot, making prototype after prototype and constantly changing small details on my bags to improve it. I can’t help it, I feel like it would be a waste of everyone’s time and money to purchase something that falls apart after a year. Hence why I like to make everything myself.

Either way if you have made it this far I appreciate the read and I hope you gained some insight to myself and what I do. Thanks.