Every item of clothing in the collection features two role models that are vital to society. The woman in the painting, and the one wearing it.

My name's Anya and I'm a fine artist, specialising in oil portraits. In 2020, I was reading a book called "Great Inventors and Their Inventions". Halfway through I realised something strange; all of the inventors were men. I flipped to the index and found that, out of 30 inventors, only one was a woman. So I started asking myself a question I shouldn't have needed to ask: where are all the amazing women who have changed the world?

The first one I found was Rosalind Franklin. I went straight to my art studio with a creative impulse to paint her. But I didn't want simply to use a conventional rectangular frame - I wanted it to be shaped in a way that couldn't help but draw someone’s attention. Angular and eye-catching. Just as her story needed to be heard.

Back in my research, I was stunned to discover that it was a woman who invented Kevlar. I learned about how Yayoi Kusama was forced by her mother to spy on her father's lovers. I came across the remarkable coincidence in To Youyou's research; how her name was inspired by the same ancient poem that, decades later, held the key to extracting Artemisinin as a malaria treatment. I found myself seduced by Billie Holiday’s melodies.

After many hours of sketching ideas, sawing and glueing wooden frames, stretching and stapling silk over them, and intricately painting onto them, I had a collection of over 30 paintings. I stopped at 33 - my age at the time.

When I first exhibited the collection, in my home town of Vienna, a friend pointed out to me that I'd painted my female role models. All my role models growing up had been men; in literature, music, art, business. I wanted to celebrate the lives and achievements of the women who had also shaped the world. But not everyone can own an oil painting; clothing is far more accessible. So I began printing my designs onto clothing - t-shirts, bags, hoodies; all sustainably and ethically sourced.

I've spent my life being treated differently and talked down to as a result of my status as a woman. So I want to make a promise to you: I will never tell you what these groundbreaking women mean. You already know.

10% of every sale goes to Life For Unity, a charity that an international humanitarian foundation working mainly in Kenya and Nepal, where it builds and supports schools, provides daily meals, and delivers basic medical care to vulnerable children and families in underserved communities. You can read more about their work here.