“I was asked by ICON magazine to shoot a fashion story. I thought it would be interesting to shoot it in a real boxing gym, and the magazine loved the idea. I chose Gleason’s Gym, the oldest active boxing gym in the United States, as you cannot find a more old-school boxing gym. Our models were not boxers, so we got a couple of professional boxers to help us with their movements as we wanted to capture the shoot as if it were reportage. The gym was operating through the whole shoot, and it was amazing to see all the boxers training around us. Everyone wanted to help and give us suggestions. I started taking boxing classes right after because of how much I loved it!”