Emily Brown

I am a knitwear textile designer whose ethos centres around conscious and responsible design with the planet and people in mind. With a deep awareness of the fashion industry’s inherent un-sustainability, I am driven by a love of hand-making and a commitment to do better. My goal is to create positive change by aligning my work with the principles of the slow fashion movement while crafting beautiful, sustainable knitwear that honours both the environment and the people who create and wear it. In my final degree collection, I blended traditional handcrafted techniques like hairpin crochet and hand weaving with modern machine knitting. I exclusively used less resource-intensive, natural and vegan yarns like jute and organic cotton, ensuring that every piece I created was as kind to the planet as possible.