''I was looking at art from Roger Dean (he does album art for the band YES and a lot of art landscapes of futuristic landscapes, etc). I saw an art piece he did of two people hiking on some extraterrestrial mountain, and got the idea of two friends, in the future, traveling to different planets together. Thought it’d be fun to have them in space suits with some cool glasses. I’m a big fan of retro futurism and funky accessories, especially glasses/helmets/goggles. 🚀''

'There are countless things that inspire me on a daily basis as an artist, either digitally or physically. Nonetheless, fashion - particularly avant-garde and experimental fashion has always been the driving force of inspiration. From a really young age, my environment was brimming with artistic influences, either on TV/media or in my physical surroundings. I was blessed with encouragement to experiment with different mediums and really refine what I really wanted to say with my work, as well as understand how I can become the translator for ideas and emotions into form. Following fashion, music has always influenced the final product of any work of mine - recently been listening to 80/90s New Wave, to which impacted the visual concept of the ‘VERGE’ shoot. I find it fascinating that it could be as simple as a pair of sunglasses which could shape your whole persona and change the ‘face’ that you present to the world.'