About Me

It all began with a need for fabric and no money.

Wanting to make a dress for an event and get back into sewing I couldn’t afford to go out and buy fabric, so I ripped up some old dresses and remade something new. LIGHTBULB MOMENT for me, welcoming me into the world of upcycling. I’m not reinventing the wheel, people have been doing this for years out of need and accessibility. But I do bring my own design and eye for colour and became a brand with up cycling and sustainability at its backbone.

When creating The Slow Lanes I wanted to to ensure my business helped revived the dying skill of mending, combat the constant scare tactics of fast fashion and over consumerism and its dire effect on our mental health and relationship with what fashion should be FUN, EXPERIEMENTAL AND A WAY TO LOVE AND EXPRESS YOURSELF.

I started my career after achieving my fashion design degree at Plymouth Collage of Art, moved to Brighton and worked with the industry for several years with my westernised blinkers on, working for companies such as Joules and H&M from sales assistant to global training.