THE INSPIRATION BEHIND MY DESIGNS STEMS FROM MY EXPERIMENTS AND CONTEMPLATION WITH MIRRORS. WHEN STANDING IN FRONT OF A MIRROR, PEOPLE OFTEN COMPARE THEMSELVES TO SOCIETY'S DEFINITION OF "BEAUTY" AND STRIVE TO FIT INTO CERTAIN TRENDS AND FASHIONS, ATTEMPTING TO REPLICATE THE APPEARANCE OF OTHERS TO CONFORM TO MAINSTREAM AESTHETICS. THE REFLECTION IN A MIRROR IS A PROCESS OF REPLICATION.