Footwear and Accessories Designer
I'm an accessories and footwear designer, mainly specialising in slippers! Having studied Fashion at the Manchester School of Art, with a final year menswear collection, the natural progression was of course... slippers - a happy accident.
Having moved to Sunderland, I thrive and enjoy being in a supporting role alongside other creatives, helping open doors to other ideas you might've not thought of, or maybe to build range plans of designs, etc.
I can also give insight and advice to the creative / fashion industry as a moving machine, and am a big advocate in physical and mental wellbeing alongside being a creative, and believe that they go hand in hand.
Listen to Fe Duncan on the ArtyParti podcast:
Nicole Saenchan retells her experience of leaving university and entering the world of commercial product design, trading collaborative university projects for the practicalities and logistics of fabrication with organisations like Primark and LC Waikiki, and the community of her fellow graduates who supported and checked in with each other along the way.