Ashley Williams’ Puppy Jumpers Are So Punk Rock
Match your dog in the London designer’s graphic knit patterns of pentagrams, spiders and teddy bears
London-based designer Ashley Williams opens in a new tabhas made quite the name for herself over the past decade. After graduating from the University of Westminster in 2012 with a much buzzed-about final collection, she joined Fashion East, Lulu Kennedy’s non-profit designer support and showcasing venture, and was a recipient of the British Fashion Council’s NEWGEN prize from 2014-2017. These honours put her in the rarified company of great British designers like Alexander McQueen, JW Anderson, Christopher Kane, Simone Rocha and Molly Goddard, and have made her collections must-sees at London Fashion Week.
Her work is a punk rock mash-up of the cute and the sinister, with kawaii prints of puppies and kitties juxtaposed with anarchy symbols, crystal spider webs and hotrod flame motifs. And she doesn’t just design for humans; she has a whole line of dog jumpersopens in a new tab, too. “A lot of the things I design are comments on my life,” Williams told Vogue in 2021. “So when I got dogs, I started doing dog things or dog prints everywhere.”
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Williams’ dog sweaters are available on her websiteopens in a new tab. They’re made in the UK from mohair-blend yarn and feature graphic, intarsia-knit patterns of bows, pentagrams, teddy bears and spiders. If you’re feeling especially flush, you can even pick up a coordinating knit from Williams’ human collection. Just imagine how jealous all the other dog parents will be when you and your pooch stroll into the park in matching sweaters. You’ll be ready to break Instagram.
