Carmen Leher
Textile Design
Chelsea College of Arts UAL
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Textiles / Printmaking / Textiles for Fashion
My location: London, United Kingdom
Carmen Leher
First Name: Carmen
Last Name: Leher
University / College: Chelsea College of Arts UAL
Course / Program: Textile Design
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Textiles / Printmaking / Textiles for Fashion
My Location: London, United Kingdom
About
I am a Textile Designer with a specialism in print. My core interest as a designer is colour, texture, story telling and community. I have a background in Fashion Design. Studying three years at Glasgow Clyde College in Fashion Design and Manufacturing. My key interests in garment design are conceptual garments, audacious silhouettes and creating a feeling.
Dedicated to my father, Moidean. Born in Zimbabwe 1967, growing up on the farms and travelling through the bush, my father had a humble childhood. Leaving school at 15, beginning his apprenticeship on the mines, my father spent the nights of his youth in the 80s and early 90s driving in his pink Beatle, to the town hall discos (where he met my mother), dressed in his suits with these audacious ties that have travelled with him all the way to Scotland , now buried in his wardrobe. I’ve always loved his ties and the stories that come along with them. This piece pays homage to the act of story telling in our families and the little puzzle pieces that come along to understanding where we came from