With the motto of ‘Fashion favours the brave’, Melissa is inspired by designers such as  Alexander Wang, David Koma and Richard Nichol. She is also influenced by ecclectism, especially global street style including Japanese street fashion, Seoul street fashion and fashion from the UK.   Like many artists and designers, she sleeps with a sketchbook to enable quick capturing of any ideas that she may have at any given time. This routine of capturing the moment is reflected in her scrapbooks where she has collected images of her favourite images from magazines and fashion blogs. Currently studying for her Higher National Diploma at City College Birmingham, she has learned invaluable skills which she hopes to apply in the future as a successful, innovative but also affordable designer selling both in department stores as well as her own premium range.