This September Emma Willis releases her latest collection with Next: a covetable Autumn/Winter wardrobe full of timeless tailoring and cosy knitwear, and for the first time also including several pieces of beautifully thought-out lingerie to complement the new nightwear. Pursuing comfort in gorgeous style, with versatility fast becoming a hallmark of Emma’s work, several of the lingerie pieces are also designed to work for the “underwear as outerwear” trend, to be styled up or down.
Emma acknowledges a common challenge of creating underwear: balancing comfort and style. She and the team at Next have produced subtly feminine bra-and-brief sets in soft yet elegant fabrics. The result is a collection sublimely comfortable whilst also looking sleek and stylish, with a nod towards the changes in Emma’s preferences at different stages of her life. “Since having children I’ve stopped wearing underwired styles, so the pieces we’ve designed are all soft cupped.”
In true Emma fashion the whole collection, including the lingerie, is much more about truly wearable style than unrealistic aesthetics. Flattering tailoring in a jewel palette, soft knitwear in neutral tones and statement coats in sizes 6-22 offer something for every body type, and Emma is particularly excited about this season’s nightwear as she prepares for the colder months.
“In the winter it’s all I want to be in… I just want to go home, when it’s dark at 5 o’clock and get some cosy pyjamas on!” Short and full-length sets are created in a soft, night-sky fabric, with choices of a matching or classic black bedroom robe – perfect for wrapping up at home as the nights draw in.
