About

Erin Lewis is a British fashion designer and educator.

Erin was born in Hastings, East Sussex where she studied both Fine Art and Textiles before working with British sculptor Hamish Black, and completing an Art Foundation at Hastings College. The strong structuring and enduring elements that are typical of sculpture inspired a transition to menswear and tailoring. Erin moved to London to study under Master Tailor- Alan Cannon-Jones at London College of Fashion.

In London, Erin gained years of studio, and show experience with independent designers; Ioannis Dimitrousis, Rui Leonardes, Gareth Pugh and most notably Boudicca- working on several projects including Boudicca´s first Haute Couture collection in Paris.

Erin's graduate collection showed both innovation and tradition, and was tailored to Saville Row standards in collaboration with Dashing Tweeds. The result was a small collection bought by Beams-Japan and Dover Street Market-London. Erin was selected by the British Council and British Fashion Council to join a project with Mexico’s leading slow fashion brand - Carla Fernandez. The brand focuses on making use of Mexico’s skilled artisans and textile heritage by combining traditional textile processes with contemporary design. Her work has been published in various international press and James Sherwoods book; The Master Tailors of British Bespoke.

Collaborative projects include working on art collaboration and creative direction for artists such as, The Irrepressibles, Rafael Perez Evans, Rachel de Joode, Mike Figgis, Hugo Llanes, Graciela Iturbide and Pia Camil.

Erin´s work can be found in collections and exhibitions of international museums including the FIT New York, Denver Art Museum, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, Museo Jumex Mexico City, the Textile Museum London. Carla Fernandez participated in the Victoria and Albert Museum ´Fashion in Motion´- for which the ´Manifiesto of Fashion as Resistance´ was nominated for the Beazley Design Award at the Design Museum London. 

Her work shows commitment in working to sustain traditional textile techniques; including the handcraft of tailoring, to sustain and improve the working lives of artisans, to reuse, repair and recycle and is currently working on anti-racist policy in higher education as an associate member of FACE.

Erin was the head of Tailoring and Menswear at independent fashion education centre TALLER Fashion Development Project in Mexico City, and has worked as Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art Fashion MA. She is currently the head of design at Carla Fernandez, an Associate Lecturer at London College of Fashion and continues to work on creative projects and collaborations.