Mea Wilks

MEA WILKS, draws deeply from her roots in Birmingham's industrial landscapes and the structure of a childhood in a strict religious community as a lens for creating designs with 'soft' structural quality. Her designs serve as tactile memoirs, translating personal history into fabric.Through artful manipulation, each gather, ruffle, and pleat becomes a vessel for emotional sentiment, carrying traces of her memories and heritage. Functionality and wearability ground her pieces, designed to be layered, cherished, and worn across seasons and passed down for years to come. For Wilks, design is an act of transformation, a cathartic release that allows her to reshape and beautify past traumas, crafting something both authentic and enduring in the process.