Raised in the 80’s and 90’s punk and even pop culture played with gender. It was wild and risque if a man dared to push against the traditional male stereotype- with long hair-sprayed hair, and makeup, post punk, new wave, and even metal bands were experimenting with it. Are you man enough? Were you man enough? I find it wild and punk to play with gender in my work even now as the idea is more broadly accepted in western culture. It takes a certain confidence in self to allow your heterosexuality to be challenged in the public eye. This collection is called, ‘Becoming’ a study into identity. How does the viewer feel looking at this masculine male figure with a strong confident pose, and his borrowed female eye’s and lips? The answer will change as pop culture shifts, people grow, or from which origin culture you come from.