Issac’s Redress Design Award collection, ‘Diva, the Chameleon’, draws inspiration from the late Hong Kong pop star Anita Mui Yim-fong, who was known as ‘the ever-changing diva’. The collection transforms bags to garments and vice versa, and incorporates Chinese qipao design elements. Issac sourced materials such as discarded textiles and bags from a recycling facility, plus factory surplus materials and an unwanted curtain from his late grandmother’s flat. His designs embrace imperfections in the materials, such as dirt or uneven edges, to avoid generating waste by cutting away ‘flaws’.