Curious Figures is a luxury women’s wear print collection launching in spring/summer 2023. The collection will have a sense of extravagance, eccentricity, eclecticism, focusing on stylized illustration, narrative and sense of character, celebrating the joys to be found in of self-expression and presentation. As a child I had a deep fascination for rearranging my mum's jewel box on a regular basis, like a magpie I was obsessed with the details and sparkling quality of the jewelry. This is something that has remained with me into the aesthetical choices of my creative practice, as I remain drawn to all that glitter, glows and reflect this has inspired the profile of “The Magpie Women”. “The Magpie Women” obsessively hoards anything and everything reflective dressing with incredible maximalism, and adorning layers of clashing patterns, and tasteless amount of gaudy accessories and costume jewellery. I will use this character and her possession to feature as the predominant figure in my portrait illustrations.