I’m taking a year off.

Guess what? I’ve decided to take a year off. 

It feels almost decadent to write these words. I mean, how can I even consider a year off? I have a business to run, after all. But it’s decided: I’m ending production, I’m closing my shops, and for the rest of 2026 it will just be me, all alone in my studio.

What’s changed? Well….everything, really, and it all changed rather suddenly: During three months of late 2025, the US tariffs ripped a ragged hole in Skinny laMinx’s income, and at the same time, my team changed shape in quite unmanageable ways. 

In a nutshell, the fundamentals shifted alarmingly, and fast. But one day I looked up from trying to fix this unfolding disaster and realised…. This may be the opportunity I’ve dreamed of for years. This could be my chance to escape from behind a computer monitor and spend every day in my studio instead.

And there it was. Decision made. After 18 years of manufacture and retail, Skinny laMinx is going back to where it started: me in the studio.

As the current structure of the business falls away, I’m filled with gratitude for all the experience and opportunity and connection that it has brought. I know that Skinny laMinx has been such a blessing in my life, in countless ways, but at the same time, I’m completely at peace with my choice to take a break

Whatever happens next, the Skinny laMinx brand remains, recognised and appreciated at home and across the globe, with an 18 year archive of patterns, designs and colours… and now, a wide open opportunity to find a new creative expression.

Find me in my studio in 2026, eagerly exploring what comes next.