Gold Coast legal eagle trades law books for designer swimwear in career seachange Gold Coast lawyer turned swimwear designer Becky Jack with model Lilee Gregory from Division Model Management. PIC: Luke Marsden. A DECISION to trade law textbooks for lycra is paying dividends for a young Gold Coast designer. Becky Jack turned her back on a promising legal career to pursue a lifelong passion for fashion and soon after, Peony Swimwear was born. ``I just found law, while it was really challenging and interesting, really personally unsatisfying," she said. ``I found that really hard and I would come home at night and end up drawing or painting and trying to express myself in a different way. After many sleepless nights, Ms Jack, 24, picked up her mobile phone and began making calls. With the help of a local seamstress, her first collection hit the markets. It's a family affair for Ms Jack, who transforms her unique selection of fabrics into `fashion-forward' designs. ``Every idea that I come up with is run past my sisters and if they don't all like it, it's in the bin," she said. We've grown up in sunny Queensland and have always had the ocean in our backyard. She will join some of Queensland's finest designers at Brisbane's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival as part of the Emerging Designer Group Show.