I’ve started doing quite a few charitable projects lately; finding ways to help others through my own success. A friend of mine that was diagnosed with melanoma cancer and was on some expensive unfunded drugs. I was so eager to donate but couldn’t afford to do it myself as I was a student. So, I thought the best thing I could do was by using my start up company to try finding a way to raise money. This then turned into making a tee, tote, and print of his favourite rapper – Kanye. All profits went towards his cause.

On the sustainability side of things, I like to be able to trace all my finished textiles, whether thats my garments I made at university to the packaging I like to know where they were made. Within my t-shirt company, I made sure everything was hand drawn, printed in Auckland, and the t-shirts themselves were child labour-free. All tshirts were made to order to ensure there was no wastage.