Emily Robson’s career spans over 15 years at the intersection of high fashion, craftsmanship, and material innovation. She has shaped the creative direction of brands like Christopher Kane, Fiorucci, and Bamford and is now pioneering new approaches to sustainable design. In collaboration with Nano Uhero in Bali, she developed the Space Hopper Chair, made from recycled ocean waste plastic, as part of a wider initiative merging furniture and fashion through responsible material use. She also works with indigenous weavers in Jaipur, transforming khadi and jamdani textiles into contemporary womenswear that honors traditional craftsmanship. With ERM, Emily’s vision is to craft pieces that are as conceptually rich as they are beautifully made—fusing heritage techniques with a modern sensibility.
Design Lead across all womenswear collections and special projects. Working in an innovative and sustainable way. Working across all categories both woven, Knitwear and small leather goods. Creative consultancy/ Design direction Jennifer Behr 2022 ongoing Creative Consultant/Designer Lead all Design direction and concept across two couture and high fashion headband capsule collections. Designing and Consulting on the overall design direction of the bands including fabrication and embellishment techniques to bring a newness to the parameters of working within the restrictions of headband design. Working as a creative consultant to introduce new textile mills research archives and embellishment techniques to the team. Worked across three time zones to deliver a 20-piece collection in three weeks.
I was responsible for launching the 15-piece womenswear collection alongside Ozwald Boateng after his 15-year hiatus from London Fashion Week. I oversaw all design direction across the womenswear and accessories AW23 show collection. Usher Vegas residency special project 2022 Ozwald Boateng I designed the womenswear pieces for Usher 2022 Vegas residency. Working across all female dancers/ performers to create a coherent collection to sit alongside the male performers.
Emily Robson x Motley London. I was chosen as one of 10 artists to design a fine jewelry collection as part of a demi fine jewelry collective. Designed two collections of 50 with 100% sell through. Working from sketch ideation through materials, samples, production. Introduced factories to establish the initial Motley pieces. Courrèges May 2018 Creative Consultant Print I worked alongside Maarten van der Horst designing the print and textiles across the SS19 women's RTW and accessories show collection. In addition to consulting on fabric mills and print techniques.
Creative Consultant, Print - Working alongside Maarten van der Horst designing print and textiles across SS19 women’s RTW and accessories, show pieces. - Consulting on textiles and artisanal mills
Worked as head of design on the newly reformed Fiorucci, working alongside Annabelle Lacuna and Max Hörmann on the relaunch of the iconic brand. Oversaw all design output working across women's RTW, print, graphics, textiles and homewares.
Worked under the creative direction of Christopher across all shows and special projects. Working across women's RTW. In addition to shape and concept, I led all embellishment research and development with couture embellishment mills, building strong working relations with companies including Lesage, Lemaire and Forster Rohner. I also established the jewelry and eyewear categories across RTW.
I worked as a RTW designer across all categories in addition to supporting the Unique x Topshop collaboration platform for young designers. I supported collections by Ashish, David Koma, Meadham Kirchof and Simone Rocha to establish Topshop sponsored collection.