Fran is a Textiles Designer, specialising in knitwear, passionate about creating structural designs centred around the body.

‘Beauty Unveiled’ celebrates and promotes body positivity in women. Inspired by the female form, delving into perceived ‘imperfections’, such as wrinkles, stretch marks and cellulite. ‘Unveiling’ the beauty behind these through stitches. ‘Beauty Unveiled’ touches on her own experiences with body acceptance as a woman, using the medium of knit to resonate with a wide audience.

BA Textiles Design knitwear collection for fashion by Francesca Malone showing structural and tactile knit designs. Inspired by the female form.

Crochet, Domestic, wet-felting, Stoll and Dubied fabrics give the collection a dense and lightweight feel, reflecting the nature of no two sections of the body being alike.

Techniques used throughout encapsulate a narrative behind the making. Hand-spun yarn, repurposes scrap yarn, depicting the female body as a remarkable vessel, able to give life to new creations. Knitted stitches are comparable to the ‘fabric’ like aspect of human skin, intertwining texture and colour.

BA Textiles Design knitwear collection for fashion by Francesca Malone showing structural and tactile knit designs. Inspired by the female form.
BA Textiles Design Knitwear collection for fashion by Francesca Malone showing structural and tactile knit designs. Inspired by the female form.
BA Textiles Design materials and processes board by Francesca Malone, detailing inspiration and the link between the female body and knitted designs.
Concept board, showing images of the female body, as well as wrinkles and curves. Drawings interpreting the female body, and using this to inform my knitting.