Designer update: Samantha Giles




Samantha Giles is the new and up coming designer behind these quirky but totally delightful outfits. Catering to both women and men, Samantha's lastest collection 'in a child's mind' plays host to carefully placed pleats and panels, whilst paying close attention to her carefully constructed silhouettes.

Tell Keep The Wolf a little about yourself.

I am a recent fashion graduate from the University of Wales, Newport. As a designer I believe my work has a quirky and refreshing image, and it is very common for me to take inspiration from vintage clothing and products to re create something new and innovative.

Tell us about your graduate collection (inspiration/concept/fabrics etc)

My final collection took inspiration from the youth revolution of the 1960’s. I wanted the clothes to be young playful and full of life. My colour palette was very important, and I limited myself to only three colours which were rich and regal shades of the primary colours yellow, red and blue. I always take inspiration from my British heritage and with this collection I chose to use 100% British made wool.

Talk us through the process you went through to your final collection.

From researching to promoting the collection, the process took the best part of 10 months to create. My favorite part of the process was one of the first, where I produced my own original illustrations and developed characters with stories behind them, to inform and nurture my entire design process.

Where can ‘keep the wolf’ readers buy your clothes?

Unfortunately the collection isn’t currently for sale.

Where would you like to be selling your future collections?

In the future I do aim to set up my own boutique specializing in buying and selling vintage and retro clothing as well as selling my own ‘retro themed’ designs.

What does the future hold for Samantha?

I wish to follow my career into design; at the moment I wish to gain as much experience of working in the industry before I start my own business venture


We at Keep The Wolf can definitely see Samantha owning her own chain of boutiques and selling her much loved designs. So we look forward to seeing more of her charming designs in the future.





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