Emily Brookes is an emerging fashion designer, known for her innovative pattern cutting, experimental textiles and passion for sustainability. Her graduate collection ‘Tongue in Check’ is a playful and bold menswear collection inspired by repurposing waste materials, with nods to sportswear and traditional menswear tailoring. Brookes reinterprets the use of traditional ‘check’ prints found in men’s suiting through a bold and unexpected colour palette and clash of patterns. Using deadstock materials across the entire collection, she showcases an ingenious approach to pattern cutting, which has reconsidered pre-existing silhouettes in menswear design. The collection also features an investigational approach to knitwear design by using unconventional yarns, such as tulle and netting, which have been generated as a by-product of the garment construction process.