Q. What inspired you to be a fashion designer? What were the challenges you faced while achieving your dream?
A. I don’t consider myself a fashion designer. I’m a dreamer and a builder; it so happens that I express myself with fabric, among other things, and most of these constructions happen around the human body because it fascinates me. I have always been surrounded with fashion, art, sculpture, engineering and construction, so what I do is just an extension of my background and surroundings. The challenges are many, but I would say being a young woman and gaining credibility by not being labelled as ‘daddy’s girl having fun with fashion and shopping before getting married’ stereotype of the region was the hardest challenge. Finding the right people that you can trust and count on to work with and deliver quality on time, finding the sources and resources, the clients, the projects are all daily challenges that I have learnt to tame and control.