TEXTILES DESIGNERS
ALEXANDRA LARRABURE
Alexandra Larrabure is a Peruvian knitwear designer who recently graduated from the BA in Textile Design with knit specialisation at Central Saint Martins. Her work reflects on the construction of subjectivity at a personal level, but also at a more collective and cultural one. The fragile and delicate aesthetics of her designs, and the intricate patterns making up her textiles nod towards the aesthetics of pre-Columbian textiles and ancient Peruvian weaving techniques, which have always been a source of inspiration for her, while also referencing the vibrant materialities of her experience of growing up in Lima.
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AMBER MAY
Amber May is a Textile designer based in London, specialising in fashion accessories. With a background in Fine art, Fashion and Textiles, the collections use experimental mixed media.
Currently, her collection explores ancient hand techniques that glorify the skill of craftmanship. Inspired by the beauty of boldily kinesthetic intelligence, particularly within hand crafted Thai architecture, the collection reflects this through modern colours, materials and fabric construction.
Read more
ASHLEY RAYNOR
With a heavy emphasis on sustainability and hand-printing her own fabrics, fashion and textile designer Ashley Raynor established her label in London after graduating from the Colchester School of Art.
Ashley has established an eco-conscious London based brand dedicated to sustainable and ethical fashion for a lower impact on the environment. Through the use of innovative materials, the luxury fashion label strives to tackle the issue of waste in the fashion industry and lower the post-consumption impact of products.
Read more
CHRISTINA SEEWALD
Christina’s research topic HAUFEN is concerned with sexual dependency and interdependency between individuals. Many people in big cities like London have the desire to be independent, but at the same time a craving for the intensity that comes from interdependency. (Nan Goldin)
In order to get inspiration she collaborated with Jelly Luise, to make a mood film that would support her final collection in terms of colours, shapes and structure. Their common research expanded, considering movement and time as well as bodies in relation to each other.
Read more
CONSTANCA ENTRUDO
Constantly inspired by colour, Constanca Entrudo aimed to generate fabrics that would challenge the usual processes of print making through the use of techniques like dyeing, heat pressing and embossing. Her graduate collection is influenced by the idea of performance, circus and transgression.
After spending some time in factories in the North of Portugal, Constanca learnt about the processes of textile and garment making. Due to this, her work is born from the entirely unconventional method of visiting factories and researching into production processes.
Read more
ELIZABETH WHIBLEY
Elizabeth Whibley’s work is a personal and playful pink pastiche; she looks at her own childhood and girl-style, whilst taking inspiration from Western 1960s and 70s nostalgia and 1990s-present Harajuku street style. She is often in London but is based in Rochester, Kent. Whibley has finished her degree in Fashion Textile Print at the University for the Creative Arts, Rochester, where she will be continuing her studies in Fashion Design Masters.
Read more
FAYE ARGUELLES
A young Filipina-British graduate, Faye Arguelles is a Textile Designer based in London.
During the time when she was pursuing her BA in Fashion Textiles in London College of Fashion, Arguelles had always been keen on fine meticulous craftmanship and have a massive obessesion for details.
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FONING BAO
Foning Bao, 2019 graduated from Central Saint Martin fashion Knit based in London and China. As a sustainable knitwear designer, she restricted herself that only use fish skin and ‘fully fashion’ knit skill (knitting pattern shapes by machine instead of knitting a piece of fabric and then cut from it) to build her entire final collection. Zero fabric, zero cut and zero waste are the key points of her work.
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JOJO RUIJI ZHOU
Passionate about bringing fun and performative elements into garments, Jojo Ruiji Zhou is a knitwear designer/stylist born in China and lived in London.
LINXI ZHU
Graduating from London College of Fashion, Linxi Zhu is a Womenswear knitwear designer based in China and London. During the time when she was pursuing her BA Fashion Textiles Knit in London College of Fashion, Linxi always challenges the traditional ways of knitting and establishes a new perception of how knitted textiles can be created through the combination of unconventional materials with yarns.
Read more
MEGAN ROSE
Megan Rose is a Textile Designer located in London, specialising in Fashion Textiles Print. With a background in Photography, Fine Art and Fashion Textiles her collections are abstract and innovative.
Throughout her time studying BA Fashion Textiles Print, at London College of Fashion she focused on skills and techniques, enabling her work to be at a luxury level. Megan Rose pushes for new and advanced ideas through development and persistence.
Read more
MIETTE FARRER
London College of Fashion Graduate, Miette Farrer, is a fashion textiles designer exploring the possibilities of material surface and sculptural textiles through process driven design. Textiles are created with an attention to beauty, precision and the handmade - exploring craft techniques and modern technologies in combination to create innovative textile surfaces.
An underlying focus of sustainable practice encourages the upcycling of materials, hand dying and painting of fabrics, and other slow processes. Her Australian background has instilled a passion for nature and the Australian landscape, playing a vital role in inspiring her designs.
Read more
NADIA WIRE ALBRECHTSEN
Nadia Wire Albrechtsen is a Danish designer who graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2017, where she studied textile design. She specialised in knitwear and has gained great experience working for high-end brands such as: Pringle Of Scotland, Peter Pilotto, Stine Goya and Iris Van Herpen. She was also a finalist at the FAD x Missoni competition in 2017, where she was picked by Angela Missoni to show two looks during LFW.
With a passion for colour Nadia Wire Albrechtsen developed her final collection focusing on colour theory. The central aim of the collection ‘Color Intelligence’ is to highlight the importance of colour:
Read more
OLIVIA MAILEY
Inspired by her creative grandmother, Olivia was intrigued by all things textiles whilst growing up, leading her to pursue a Textile Design degree at Nottingham Trent University, where she developed a passion for using photography and digital imagery to inform her design decisions.
Olivia’s graduate textile collection ‘Changing States’ was sparked by the idea of metamorphosis and how we are always adapting to change within our surrounding environment. Taking a scientific approach, her abstract photography is a key aspect of the collection, capturing the uncontrollable reactions triggered during physical and chemical changes.
Read more
PALOMA ALARCON
Paloma Alarcon is a mixed media textiles designer specialising in hand embroidery, embellishments and laser cutting. Paloma focuses on pushing the boundaries of innovative design using modern and traditional techniques for Fashion statement pieces and accessories.
Combining a range of materials from acrylics, plastics and wood to conventional woolly threads is what sparks Paloma's contemporary designs. With Peruvian origins the idea of bringing Peru's cultural aesthetic and colour is always vivid in her collections.
Read more
POPPY FULLER
Inspired by the arts, history, materials and my surroundings, Poppy is particularly intrigued by the heritage of textiles and how to translate this in modern culture. In her work she explores the relationship between textiles, witchcraft and the idea of weaving as a form of code or language, using both jacquard & dobby looms.
Drawing on her initial theme of magic, she expanded to a more abstract approach as her work progressed. Focusing on elements such as transformation, distortion of reality and secret knowledge allowed her to express her research in a more individual way.
Read more
RAMUNE RASLAVICIUTE
Ramune Raslaviciute, also known as RAMNRA is determined to raise awareness on sustainability and definition of gender within her AW19/20 collection, which focuses on ocean pollution.
RAMNRA deep interest in sustainability also resulted in a dissertation about newly developed sustainable bio-textiles.
Read more
SOHYEON PARK
Since acquiring an Associate Womenswear degree at Baewha college in South Korea, Sohyeon Park decided to explore textile at Greentextile Vendor. While working there, she could learn how to produce fabrics from factories and negotiate between manufactures and market. However The more she worked at the company, the more she felt sick about commercial business and fast fashion as the company mostly dealt with the industry. Therefore she made decision to move into UK as she always admired London fashion after obtaining Working holiday visa from UK.
Read more
SOL YI
Sol Yi is a South-Korean designer based in Seoul, establishing his brand orisoup after graduating from the Korea National University of Arts in 2019. He loves to explore new manufacturing technologies and materials, seeking a way to hack things so they function differently. His work is characterized by discovering new uses of materials and creating new sensations through interesting combinations.
Read more
VALIA KAPELETZI
Valia Kapeletzi is a multidisciplinary artist who uses textiles as the means of communicating her take on everyday-life eccentricity. Movement, balance, abstraction and transparency form the common thread in all of her work. Whether it is a garment, an installation piece or a sculpture, the concepts of intricacy and attention to detail, as well as the experimental nature of materiality, are always present.
She tends to observe the delicacy of movement and the abstract allure of its repetitive motion in combination with light interaction.
Read more
WINNIE YEUNG
Winnie Yeung is a Knitted Textiles designer based in London and graduated from RCA MA textile design. Winnie Yeung is known for her innovative and intuitive combination of material, texture, and colour. She is passionate about knitting, working with both hand and machine processes. Her inspiration comes from her appreciation of everyday life, everything she sees, touches and does.
Winnie creates free-form garment pieces and her final collection is based on the concept of ‘Growing.’
Read more
AMY MCCANN
Amy McCann is a womenswear designer, specialising in Fashion Knitwear with a strong textiles background from past studies that has been successfully incorporated into her first collection. She expresses her knowledge behind the manipulation of fabrics and the keen eye she holds for 3Dimensional design. Amy’s collection boasts a range of fun candy floss pink to deep cherry red tones used in a highly sophisticated way, and finally complimented by the contrasting of shiny rose gold detailing- the fastenings and finishes embellish the surfaces and ends of her high end womenswear range.
Read more
Amy McCann is a womenswear designer, specialising in Fashion Knitwear with a strong textiles background from past studies that has been successfully incorporated into her first collection. She expresses her knowledge behind the manipulation of fabrics and the keen eye she holds for 3Dimensional design. Amy’s collection boasts a range of fun candy floss pink to deep cherry red tones used in a highly sophisticated way, and finally complimented by the contrasting of shiny rose gold detailing- the fastenings and finishes embellish the surfaces and ends of her high end womenswear range.Read more
ALEXANDRA LARRABURE
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Alexandra Larrabure is a Peruvian knitwear designer who recently graduated from the BA in Textile Design with knit specialisation at Central Saint Martins. Her work reflects on the construction of subjectivity at a personal level, but also at a more collective and cultural one. The fragile and delicate aesthetics of her designs, and the intricate patterns making up her textiles nod towards the aesthetics of pre-Columbian textiles and ancient Peruvian weaving techniques, which have always been a source of inspiration for her, while also referencing the vibrant materialities of her experience of growing up in Lima. Read more
ANSON LAU
Central Saint Martins graduate Anson Lau’s first collection centers on textile and fabric design. For her collection, she took inspiration from three famous artist across a series of works - Marina Abramović, Eliza Bennett and Justin Bartels. The works from these artists revolve around physical sensations through the use and the infliction of textiles and objects.
From these three key pieces of work, Anson’s collection centers on the superficial perception of an object. Her collection encourages the wearer to engage in a dialogue with the garments to sense the disparity between what we see and what actually is.
Read more
Central Saint Martins graduate Anson Lau’s first collection centers on textile and fabric design. For her collection, she took inspiration from three famous artist across a series of works - Marina Abramović, Eliza Bennett and Justin Bartels. The works from these artists revolve around physical sensations through the use and the infliction of textiles and objects.From these three key pieces of work, Anson’s collection centers on the superficial perception of an object. Her collection encourages the wearer to engage in a dialogue with the garments to sense the disparity between what we see and what actually is.
Read more
AMBER MAY
Amber May is a Textile designer based in London, specialising in fashion accessories. With a background in Fine art, Fashion and Textiles, the collections use experimental mixed media.Currently, her collection explores ancient hand techniques that glorify the skill of craftmanship. Inspired by the beauty of boldily kinesthetic intelligence, particularly within hand crafted Thai architecture, the collection reflects this through modern colours, materials and fabric construction.
Read more
ASHLEY RAYNOR
With a heavy emphasis on sustainability and hand-printing her own fabrics, fashion and textile designer Ashley Raynor established her label in London after graduating from the Colchester School of Art.Ashley has established an eco-conscious London based brand dedicated to sustainable and ethical fashion for a lower impact on the environment. Through the use of innovative materials, the luxury fashion label strives to tackle the issue of waste in the fashion industry and lower the post-consumption impact of products.
Read more
CHRISTINA SEEWALD
Christina’s research topic HAUFEN is concerned with sexual dependency and interdependency between individuals. Many people in big cities like London have the desire to be independent, but at the same time a craving for the intensity that comes from interdependency. (Nan Goldin)In order to get inspiration she collaborated with Jelly Luise, to make a mood film that would support her final collection in terms of colours, shapes and structure. Their common research expanded, considering movement and time as well as bodies in relation to each other.
Read more
CONSTANCA ENTRUDO
Constantly inspired by colour, Constanca Entrudo aimed to generate fabrics that would challenge the usual processes of print making through the use of techniques like dyeing, heat pressing and embossing. Her graduate collection is influenced by the idea of performance, circus and transgression.After spending some time in factories in the North of Portugal, Constanca learnt about the processes of textile and garment making. Due to this, her work is born from the entirely unconventional method of visiting factories and researching into production processes.
Read more
ELIZABETH WHIBLEY
Elizabeth Whibley’s work is a personal and playful pink pastiche; she looks at her own childhood and girl-style, whilst taking inspiration from Western 1960s and 70s nostalgia and 1990s-present Harajuku street style. She is often in London but is based in Rochester, Kent. Whibley has finished her degree in Fashion Textile Print at the University for the Creative Arts, Rochester, where she will be continuing her studies in Fashion Design Masters.Read more
FAYE ARGUELLES
A young Filipina-British graduate, Faye Arguelles is a Textile Designer based in London.During the time when she was pursuing her BA in Fashion Textiles in London College of Fashion, Arguelles had always been keen on fine meticulous craftmanship and have a massive obessesion for details.
Read more
FONING BAO
Foning Bao, 2019 graduated from Central Saint Martin fashion Knit based in London and China. As a sustainable knitwear designer, she restricted herself that only use fish skin and ‘fully fashion’ knit skill (knitting pattern shapes by machine instead of knitting a piece of fabric and then cut from it) to build her entire final collection. Zero fabric, zero cut and zero waste are the key points of her work.Read more
JOJO RUIJI ZHOU
Passionate about bringing fun and performative elements into garments, Jojo Ruiji Zhou is a knitwear designer/stylist born in China and lived in London.During her BA course fashion design with knitwear at Central Saint Martins, Jojo developed a stronger interest in exploring the connection between garments and wearers and creating stories from the movements of bodies.
Read more
LINXI ZHU
Graduating from London College of Fashion, Linxi Zhu is a Womenswear knitwear designer based in China and London. During the time when she was pursuing her BA Fashion Textiles Knit in London College of Fashion, Linxi always challenges the traditional ways of knitting and establishes a new perception of how knitted textiles can be created through the combination of unconventional materials with yarns.Read more
MEGAN ROSE
Megan Rose is a Textile Designer located in London, specialising in Fashion Textiles Print. With a background in Photography, Fine Art and Fashion Textiles her collections are abstract and innovative. Throughout her time studying BA Fashion Textiles Print, at London College of Fashion she focused on skills and techniques, enabling her work to be at a luxury level. Megan Rose pushes for new and advanced ideas through development and persistence.
Read more
MIETTE FARRER
London College of Fashion Graduate, Miette Farrer, is a fashion textiles designer exploring the possibilities of material surface and sculptural textiles through process driven design. Textiles are created with an attention to beauty, precision and the handmade - exploring craft techniques and modern technologies in combination to create innovative textile surfaces. An underlying focus of sustainable practice encourages the upcycling of materials, hand dying and painting of fabrics, and other slow processes. Her Australian background has instilled a passion for nature and the Australian landscape, playing a vital role in inspiring her designs.
Read more
NADIA WIRE ALBRECHTSEN
Nadia Wire Albrechtsen is a Danish designer who graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2017, where she studied textile design. She specialised in knitwear and has gained great experience working for high-end brands such as: Pringle Of Scotland, Peter Pilotto, Stine Goya and Iris Van Herpen. She was also a finalist at the FAD x Missoni competition in 2017, where she was picked by Angela Missoni to show two looks during LFW. With a passion for colour Nadia Wire Albrechtsen developed her final collection focusing on colour theory. The central aim of the collection ‘Color Intelligence’ is to highlight the importance of colour:
Read more
OLIVIA MAILEY
Inspired by her creative grandmother, Olivia was intrigued by all things textiles whilst growing up, leading her to pursue a Textile Design degree at Nottingham Trent University, where she developed a passion for using photography and digital imagery to inform her design decisions.Olivia’s graduate textile collection ‘Changing States’ was sparked by the idea of metamorphosis and how we are always adapting to change within our surrounding environment. Taking a scientific approach, her abstract photography is a key aspect of the collection, capturing the uncontrollable reactions triggered during physical and chemical changes.
Read more
PALOMA ALARCON
Paloma Alarcon is a mixed media textiles designer specialising in hand embroidery, embellishments and laser cutting. Paloma focuses on pushing the boundaries of innovative design using modern and traditional techniques for Fashion statement pieces and accessories.Combining a range of materials from acrylics, plastics and wood to conventional woolly threads is what sparks Paloma's contemporary designs. With Peruvian origins the idea of bringing Peru's cultural aesthetic and colour is always vivid in her collections.
Read more
POPPY FULLER
Inspired by the arts, history, materials and my surroundings, Poppy is particularly intrigued by the heritage of textiles and how to translate this in modern culture. In her work she explores the relationship between textiles, witchcraft and the idea of weaving as a form of code or language, using both jacquard & dobby looms.Drawing on her initial theme of magic, she expanded to a more abstract approach as her work progressed. Focusing on elements such as transformation, distortion of reality and secret knowledge allowed her to express her research in a more individual way.
Read more
RAMUNE RASLAVICIUTE
Ramune Raslaviciute, also known as RAMNRA is determined to raise awareness on sustainability and definition of gender within her AW19/20 collection, which focuses on ocean pollution.RAMNRA deep interest in sustainability also resulted in a dissertation about newly developed sustainable bio-textiles.
Read more
SOHYEON PARK
Since acquiring an Associate Womenswear degree at Baewha college in South Korea, Sohyeon Park decided to explore textile at Greentextile Vendor. While working there, she could learn how to produce fabrics from factories and negotiate between manufactures and market. However The more she worked at the company, the more she felt sick about commercial business and fast fashion as the company mostly dealt with the industry. Therefore she made decision to move into UK as she always admired London fashion after obtaining Working holiday visa from UK.Read more
SOL YI
Sol Yi is a South-Korean designer based in Seoul, establishing his brand orisoup after graduating from the Korea National University of Arts in 2019. He loves to explore new manufacturing technologies and materials, seeking a way to hack things so they function differently. His work is characterized by discovering new uses of materials and creating new sensations through interesting combinations.Read more
VALIA KAPELETZI
Valia Kapeletzi is a multidisciplinary artist who uses textiles as the means of communicating her take on everyday-life eccentricity. Movement, balance, abstraction and transparency form the common thread in all of her work. Whether it is a garment, an installation piece or a sculpture, the concepts of intricacy and attention to detail, as well as the experimental nature of materiality, are always present. She tends to observe the delicacy of movement and the abstract allure of its repetitive motion in combination with light interaction.
Read more
WINNIE YEUNG
Winnie Yeung is a Knitted Textiles designer based in London and graduated from RCA MA textile design. Winnie Yeung is known for her innovative and intuitive combination of material, texture, and colour. She is passionate about knitting, working with both hand and machine processes. Her inspiration comes from her appreciation of everyday life, everything she sees, touches and does. Winnie creates free-form garment pieces and her final collection is based on the concept of ‘Growing.’
Read more