After seeing this garment at at GFW, we caught up with Emma Golley's to find out all about her designs and her plans for the future!
Tell ‘Keep The Wolf’ a little about yourself
I am a womenswear and menswear designer and I occasionally design accessories. I've been fortunate enough to have some great internships including the most recent which was in New York. I love what I do and am a very determined person!
Tell us about your graduate collection
My inspiration came from visits to museums when I was in New York, I was there for three months so had a lot of time to explore! I looked at different artworks and artifacts and felt particularly drawn to the fluid movement of Stanley William Hayter's work in contrast to the sharp jagged lines of shattered pieces of glass and artifacts. So my concept is ultimately about the contrast between fluidity and sharp lines. I used a lot of silk chiffon, leather and heavy weight cottons.
Talk us through the process you went through to to your final collection
The collection from start to finish was ten weeks. I really enjoy the entire process but I particularly love the excitement that comes from initial research when you are dreaming up the possibilities for the collection and at the final design stage where you see all the ideas come together.
Where can keep the wolf readers buy your clothes?
Unfortunately I won't be selling unless I get an offer to have them made on a larger scale!
Where would you like to be selling your future collections
I would love to either be selling my future designs for a high end high street or low end designer brand or have my own boutique selling my designs and other student designs.
What does the future hold for Emma Golley ?
At the moment the future ideally holds a career at one of the above and perhaps some travelling thrown in with that, I'd love to continue to see more of the world!
We cant wait to see Emma's next collection! But we're not just talking about her womenswear designs, looking back through her previous collections we loved "The great British explorer" collection comprised of a mix of quirky prints throughout clothing and accessories.
So keep watch for Emma in the future !