My main inspirations were Aztec patterns, Mexican embroidery, and bright colours used in festivals such as 'Day of the Dead'. I looked at traditional Mexican dresses like those sold at vintage ...

To explain how it all comes together is the tale of a 50-year-old Mexican ... pattern to make a new one. But she couldn't find one. So she did the next best thing: She reverse engineered her dress.

While researching Mexico I learned about the Aztecs ... I stylised and added colour to. I created a pattern with the symbol, which like the dress, is stepped. I thought it might be cool to have ...