As Creative Director, I direct and manage the new fabric collections with our design teams. The nature of our business means I might be working across the current collection, the next one in the pipeline and starting work on the collection after that, it’s a fast moving industry. We are very lucky and possibly unique at James Hare because we have both interior and fashion fabric collections. Trends from the catwalk run almost parallel to those in interiors now. Our expertise in fashion fabrics informs our interiors collection, in particular the colour palettes - it’s the perfect partner. It keeps me on my toes but it’s exciting working across both industries.
I travel a great deal, both meeting suppliers and overseeing production but also selling the collection all over the world. I enjoy meeting customers the most.

My career high is every time we have a successful collection, I am really chuffed when this happens as collections take 18 months to put together so a huge amount of work goes into them. Career lows, there are too many..

I like to employ people who are more capable then me and who will do a better job than I ever could.

That is easy! I spread myself too thinly and take on too much. Letting go is something which has taken me far too long to learn.