Emily Manion is a freelance print designer and artist based in the South of England, creating fun and playful illustrative prints and patterns for fashion and textile applications. She graduated with a BA in Fashion and Textiles from the University of the West of England in 2024, specialising in textile print and trend forecasting, and was nominated for the Graduate Fashion Week Children's wear award in the same year.




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Emily Manion is a freelance print designer and artist based in the South of England, creating fun and playful illustrative prints and patterns for fashion and textile applications. She graduated with a BA in Fashion and Textiles from the University of the West of England in 2024, specialising in textile print and trend forecasting, and was nominated for the Graduate Fashion Week Children's wear award in the same year.
Emily's stated aesthetic is fun and playful, with an illustrative character tailored to fashion and textile print. Selected Instagram pattern images show product-presented repeat designs with graphic, illustrative character. Her trend-forecasting background informs a commercially aware approach to aesthetic direction, with A/W and S/S seasonal collections.
Emily produces digital print designs for textile application. Her education at UWE (BA Fashion and Textiles) and UAL Brighton MET (Diploma for Art & Design) grounds her in both traditional art foundations and commercial fashion textile production methods.
Primary markets are fashion and textile - specifically womenswear and childrenswear. Her print shop sells pre-made seasonal digital designs for business buyers; shop sign-up is limited to business email addresses. She is also developing an independent womenswear label, Emily Manion, using deadstock fabrics and limited-run production.
Emily holds a BA in Fashion and Textiles from the University of the West of England (2024) and a UAL Diploma for Art & Design from Brighton MET (2021). She was nominated for the Graduate Fashion Week Children's wear award in 2024. She previously founded and managed an online vintage clothing store specialising in curated 90s/early 2000s fashion, featured in Vogue, giving her broad independent fashion business experience.
Four selected pattern images from the image review show product-presented repeat designs in print shop format - illustrative patterns suitable for textile application, presented in lifestyle mockup contexts. The designs are playful and graphic in character, consistent with her stated fashion and childrenswear focus.













Emily Manion is a freelance print designer and artist based in the South of England, creating fun and playful illustrative prints and patterns for fashion and textile applications.
Style and Aesthetic Emily's stated aesthetic is fun and playful, with an illustrative character tailored to fashion and textile print. Selected Instagram pattern images show product-presented repeat designs with graphic, illustrative character.
Pattern Focus Four selected pattern images from the image review show product-presented repeat designs in print shop format - illustrative patterns suitable for textile application, presented in lifestyle mockup contexts.
Markets and Clients Primary markets are fashion and textile - specifically womenswear and childrenswear. Her print shop sells pre-made seasonal digital designs for business buyers; shop sign-up is limited to business email addresses.
Techniques and Tools Emily produces digital print designs for textile application. Her education at UWE (BA Fashion and Textiles) and UAL Brighton MET (Diploma for Art & Design) grounds her in both traditional art foundations and commercial fashion textile production methods.
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Career Path Emily holds a BA in Fashion and Textiles from the University of the West of England (2024) and a UAL Diploma for Art & Design from Brighton MET (2021). She was nominated for the Graduate Fashion Week Children's wear award in 2024.
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