Emma Summerscales

17/09/2021

Long overdue intro post for the To***co Warehouse project

I’ve been working on the project during the summer, with a bunch of fabulous LJMU students. We were invited by the developer to produce work inspired by the warehouse and its history. The structure is truly awesome, the strength of its 27million bricks now holds fragile broken windows and years of decay.

The project now holds us, we’ve become the TW Collective. We’ll be showing our work in the beautifully restored reception area from Oct 1st to 8th. Follow our Instagram for details … you’ll also find a link to our Kickstarter fund in the bio 😉

07/11/2020

Sustainability has come to dominate conversation in the fashion industry in recent years, but it has been at the top of HRH the Prince of Wales’s personal ag...

27/10/2020

Research MA ..... clothes that fit, imagine 🙌🙌🙌

When you start to think of clothes as things that can be altered, the way you see them changes.

05/12/2019

truly a labour of love but the back is nearly finished ... is about the connection not the short lived high moment

21/11/2019

nothing like some hand sewing to especially as we lead up to the dreaded BF. Deconstructed tie lining is looking good, even decided to make it reversible.

20/11/2019

pocket lining for a new client, after some over-zealous ironing. Her fav pair of trews are saved for many more years of wearing and no lost keys or money

10/11/2019

Studio Thrift
the lovely again after a fab workshop sweatshirt and skirt. The skirt was a dress given to me by a friend, I turned into a skirt, shortened the lining to get the effect of the transparent chiffon. Reuse sweatshirt slashed at neck for extra detail

10/11/2019

Individuality shines lovely to catch with like minds 💚

10/11/2019

workshop and her friend went wild with their XR designs ... you guys are the generation of change, go tell your friends to buy less 😉 (please)

09/11/2019

Time is running out 🌎 but we can be part of the solution practiced some skills to repair her clothes and save them from the damaging effects of landfill. 💚

08/11/2019

There’s no PLANET B 🌎 ... textile waste contributes enormously to climate pollution. Come along to .. make your own patch and learn how to repair your jeans using Or bring your own denim to repair 💚Drop in between 1-4pm Saturday 9 Nov. @ Liverpool