Nicci James

Knitwear

About

Nicci James is the knitwear designer behind UNUSUWUL a research and development studio championing the diversity and possibility of wool fibres.

Nicci studied MA Fashion at the Royal College of Art (2022). Nicci continued to refine her innovative fabrication process through winning the Young Innovators Award and formed UNUSUWUL in 2023 to bring both her innovative process and extensive research into wool to industry facing projects.

In 2025, UNUSUWUL has been working on funded research projects in partnership British Wool and South Eastern England Fibreshed to champion the champion the amazingly diverse properties of native breed wool fibres.

Process

Using her innovative UNUSUWUL PROCESS, Nicci develops garments and textiles which celebrate the properties of the yarns they are made from, retaining qualities and behaviours that can be traced right back to the fleece.

Services

  • designing for industry
  • commissions

Awards

  • Winner of Haberdashers’ Award 2024

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