My personal style is all about pattern clashing and autumnal colours. I love layering up different colours and patterns, but if anyone else was to describe me they would just call me the ‘orange lady’! I would describe my design style as vibrant and playful.

Whilst the label is no longer in business, the time I spent working with them as an undergraduate studio intern had a huge impact on my own design. Their maverick vision and subversion of the expected fashion format continues to inspire my creative process.

so most of my yarn is still at my parents’ house, which my Mum is helping me work through. I have a vast array of yarns and gauges from very fine lambswool on cones to Big Wool in squishy balls, as I do both hand and machine knitting.

and I adopted this approach for my knitwear design—always starting my process by creating collages. For me, the fabric patterns always come first and then I play with the placement of these patterns on simple garment shapes.

and I luckily share that love with my partner, so we are always on the hunt for new bands to see and they always make me feel so creative afterwards. Music has a huge impact on my designing, with every design I create usually having a specific song linked to it.

and even though we now live all over the country, we are all very close, and nothing is better than when we can meet up altogether. My parents always encouraged us to do whatever we wanted, so we are all very different, but that clash is what makes our conversations interesting. I think being the youngest child has had a great effect on my creative style, as the amalgamation all of my parents’ and siblings’ different music and style tastes have shaped who I am as a designer.