Alex Solly Design is a Manchester-based freelance fashion print studio with over fifteen years of industry experience. Founded as an independent practice in 2020 following a decade working in-house at brands, retailers, and print studios, the studio creates trend-led commercial prints for fashion clients across the UK, Europe, and the US.








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Alex Solly Design is a Manchester-based freelance fashion print studio with over fifteen years of industry experience. Founded as an independent practice in 2020 following a decade working in-house at brands, retailers, and print studios, the studio creates trend-led commercial prints for fashion clients across the UK, Europe, and the US.
Commercial fashion print across animal prints, mark-making, stylised florals, abstracts, folk prints, conversationals, and tropicals. All designs supplied in repeat and production-ready.
The studio’s output is characterised by bold animal prints, mark-making, and stylised florals, with a consistent emphasis on trend relevance, colour, and commercial newness. Portfolio categories include Florals, Animal Prints, Abstracts, Folk Prints, Conversationals, and Tropicals.
Fashion. Work has been supplied to clients in the UK, Europe, and the US through direct freelance arrangements and a global print studio network. The studio maintains both a client services offer and a boutique Print Shop offering exclusive designs for direct purchase.
All prints are supplied in repeat and production-ready, with many suitable for screen printing. Services include trend development and mood boards, catwalk reporting, reworking and recolouring existing artworks, digitising and reworking vintage prints, placement graphics, and Pantone matching. The Print Shop offers designs on exclusive license with fabric hangers available.
Alex Solly Design has supplied prints to well-known fashion brands during its in-house and freelance career; specific names are not disclosed. The Print Shop operates as a direct-sale channel offering exclusive designs for instant download and production use.
Alex Solly graduated with a degree in textile design and spent ten years working in-house at brands, retailers, and suppliers before setting up as freelance in 2020. The studio has since operated independently across both client services and a direct-sale print shop.













Alex Solly Design is a Manchester-based freelance fashion print studio with over fifteen years of industry experience.
Studio Style and Aesthetic The studio’s output is characterised by bold animal prints, mark-making, and stylised florals, with a consistent emphasis on trend relevance, colour, and commercial newness. Portfolio categories include Florals, Animal Prints, Abstracts, Folk Prints, Conversationals, and Tropicals.
Pattern Focus Commercial fashion print across animal prints, mark-making, stylised florals, abstracts, folk prints, conversationals, and tropicals. All designs supplied in repeat and production-ready.
Markets and Specialties Fashion. Work has been supplied to clients in the UK, Europe, and the US through direct freelance arrangements and a global print studio network. The studio maintains both a client services offer and a boutique Print Shop offering exclusive designs for direct purchase.
Techniques and Artwork Process All prints are supplied in repeat and production-ready, with many suitable for screen printing.
Clients and Commercial Positioning Alex Solly Design has supplied prints to well-known fashion brands during its in-house and freelance career; specific names are not disclosed. The Print Shop operates as a direct-sale channel offering exclusive designs for instant download and production use.
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Studio Background Alex Solly graduated with a degree in textile design and spent ten years working in-house at brands, retailers, and suppliers before setting up as freelance in 2020. The studio has since operated independently across both client services and a direct-sale print shop.