Amber Hards is a young British knitwear designer, currently based in Bristol. She graduated from the University of the West of England in 2010 with a first class BA (HONS) in fashion/textile design and was selected to show at Graduate Fashion Week in the Bristol and Gala show. Following graduation her work has been exhibited as part of Shanghai Fashion week and as a finalist at the Knit and Stitch Graduate show where she was presented with an innovation award by the Craft Council.Interested in producing innovative and beautiful knitwear, Amber experiments with contrasting yarns and techniques that produce garments with texture, volume and movement. Amber is currently working to establish her label and continue exploring the many possibilities of knitwear.