11.09.21

Lydia Higginson

She / Her
Maker / Pattern designer

Made My Wardrobe started as a personal project six years ago to make my entire wardrobe from scratch. I haven’t bought a single item of clothing from shops since then. I started teaching as a way of skill swapping and sharing and since then have released 10 patterns in to the world. We now sell sustainable fabric by the metre and as part of our kits. The Made My Wardrobe team now consists of five of us; Jamilla, Ana, Alice, Claudia and myself, we work out of our studio in St. Pauls, Bristol.

What influence does music have in your life as a creative?:

We literally can’t sew without music on in the studio. We have playlists rolling all throughout the day and love curating them for specific seasons or projects. They really come into there own when we teach our workshops, thats when the party starts!

Tell us about your playlist:

This is the playlist the MMW team made in the Spring that has kept us going all through Summer

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Studio Sessions


  1. Ojos Del Sol – Y La Bamba
  2. Back, Baby – Jessica Pratt
  3. Call the Days – Nadia Reid
  4. I’ll Be Waiting – Alton Ellis
  5. The Sailor’s Bonnet – The Gloaming
  6. Sandglide – Chris Bear
  7. Gatsby Intro – Chris Bear
  8. The List – Moonchild
  9. Nakamarra (feat. Q-Tip) – Hiatus Kaiyote, Q-Tip
  10. Riot! – Earl Sweatshirt
  11. Kudaushe – Afriquoi, Kudaushe Matimba
  12. Fireworks – Radiator Hospital
  13. Estrelar – Marcos Valle
  14. Yedejih abeba negn (I am a flower at your yard) – Abyssinia Band
  15. Enchet Lekema – Minyeshu
  16. Tabou – Roots Remix Without Rap – Les Nubians
  17. More Women – Saâda Bonaire
  18. Haiyu – Mariem Hassan
  19. I’ll Be Around – The Spinners
  20. Ride Or Die (feat. Chilly Gonzales) – Boys Noize, Kelsey Lu, Chilly Gonzales
  21. Peg – Steely Dan
  22. See-Line Woman – Nina Simone
  23. Take Yo’ Praise – Camille Yarbrough
  24. Song For You – Rhye
  25. My Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston
  26. Doormat Darling – Imogen Mahdavi
  27. Patience – Rhye, Ólafur Arnalds
  28. Some Things Are Best Over Said – Imogen Mahdavi
  29. Girls Don’t Always Sing About Boys – A COLORS ENCORE – Ego Ella May
  30. Baby – Donnie & Joe Emerson
  31. Betray My Heart – D’Angelo
  32. Deep Shadows – Little Ann
  33. You’ve Got a Woman – Lion
  34. Oh I Miss Her So – Holy Hive, Mary Lattimore
  35. Blue Cigar – Midnight Sister
  36. Marilyn – Mount Kimbie, Micachu
  37. Teardrops – NEIL FRANCES
  38. Wildfires – SAULT
  39. The Recipe – SiR
  40. Lansing – Vinyl Williams
  41. Feelin’ That Glow – Roberta Flack
  42. Something New – Babe Rainbow
  43. I Got’cha – Greenflow
  44. Mexican Dream – Piero Piccioni
  45. Une Barque Sur L’océan – Maurice Ravel, André Laplante
  46. Come In Closer – Rhye
  47. telepatía – Kali Uchis
  48. Antidote – Orion Sun
  49. Touch the Leather – Sylvia Black
  50. Boy – Desire
  51. Passionfruit – Yaeji
  52. La musique – Star Feminine Band
  53. Why Why Why Why Why – SAULT
  54. Even After All – Finley Quaye
  55. Khala My Friend – Amanaz
  56. A.M. AM – Damien Jurado
  57. Hanging On – Active Child
  58. First Responders – Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder, Kamasi Washington, Dinner Party
  59. Pretty Ugly – Tierra Whack
  60. A Great Design – Black Marble
  61. Gone – Jorja Smith
  62. Issues/Hold On – Teyana Taylor
  63. When I’m in Your Arms – Cleo Sol
  64. Get Free – Mereba
  65. Lemon Glow – Beach House
  66. Thirteen – Molly Sarlé
  67. Suddenly – Drugdealer, Weyes Blood
  68. Pains – Silk Rhodes
  69. Cruisin to the Park – Durand Jones & The Indications
  70. Rider – Mereba
  71. Pastime – Samantha Crain
  72. So Into You – Tamia