When Philip Colbert was 24, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his life.

Nothing interested him at school and despite earning a degree in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, Philip struggled to find a post-graduation job.

To fill his time, he began making scarves inspired by traditional Russian pieces and soon began creating his own wacky suits to wear, embellished with fried eggs and pretzels.

Now, 15 years later, the pop artist from Perth has gone from making his own clothes to discussing a potential fashion line with world famous rapper Kanye West following a chance meeting in Los Angeles earlier this year.

"I was in LA in the Chateau Marmont Hotel," says Philip. "I didn't know much about Kanye at the time, but we had exhibited on the same day at London Fashion Week and both recognised each other's work.

"Our styles are quite different, but I really respect Kanye in that he doesn't just play safe - he's being judged in lots of different categories because he's a musician as well as a designer."

From lolly pop sculptures to fried egg suits, Philips pop art designs have captivated a worldwide audience, with actress and model Cara Delevingne and singer Rita Ora spotted wearing his famous work.

Inspired by pop artists Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, Philip admitted that he didn't know anything about the fashion industry when he first started.

"I started making crazy dresses and trying to blur the lines between art and design," says Philip. "I make all my own suits - I just love it."

Inspired by a Marcel Duchamp exhibition in 1917, Philip's most famous design was a dress created to look like a urinal.

"I went to an American Vogue party, which was a pretty swanky event," Philip says. "A model wore that dress on the red carpet.

"It just created a sense of shock - people were just like 'oh my god, she's wearing a toilet dress'."

Philip says that he didn't think anything would come of meeting Kanye, and was surprised when the musician called him and asked him to come to his studio to work on some designs.

"I went to his recording studio and we just hung out and talked ideas. We put together some rough proposals for a collection."

Now the unlikely duo are in talks to create a transatlantic line, taking Philip's famously bold shapes and adjusting them to suit Kanye's more monotone colour palette.

"We've still got a long way to go with it," Philip explains. "We are working with Kanye's colour palette, but also integrating my style of humour and irony into our work."

For the moment, the pair are designing clothes to be worn by Kanye, however they believe that this could later progress into part of a Yeezy line, or even a brand of its own.

He added: "We don't know when anything will be available, but I'm heading back to LA in February to work on more designs."

"For me, pop is like a language that people from all across the world can understand," says Philip.

"It's like a universal language of symbols and icons that no matter what language you speak, you can access the same ideas and communicate to lots of different people.

"I always try to be a little bit different and try not to be the same as everybody else."