Samuel Thorpe
About
Samuel Thorpe is from Nottingham, England, United Kingdom. Samuel is currently Creative Design Director at Varley. In Samuel's previous role as a Lead Creative Designer at VARLEY, Samuel worked in until Feb 2026. Prior to joining VARLEY, Samuel was a Senior Designer at VARLEY and held the position of Senior Designer. Prior to that, Samuel was a Designer at VARLEY from Apr 2020 to May 2021. Samuel started working as Menswear designer at Next in Enderby, England, United Kingdom in Oct 2019. From Aug 2014 to May 2019, Samuel was Designer. Apparel, Accessories and Special Projects at Universal Works, based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. Prior to that, Samuel was a Retail, Merchandising and Buying at WORKSHOP, based in Auckland stores from May 2012 to Feb 2014. Samuel started working as Freelance Apparel Designer at ilabb in Jul 2013.
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Samuel Thorpe's current jobs
Key focus on brand progression through strong product stories. Supporting our amazing team of 15+ designers, across 7 product categories, to refine and expand our customer's experience of living and moving in Varley.
Samuel Thorpe's past jobs
Creative Lead for Varley collections.
Senior Designer. Outerwear, Accessories, Knitwear.
Designer, Varley Active and Lifestyle product and accessories. Key focus areas are on advancing lifestyle product, active capsule collections and performance outerwear.
Responsible for design of entire shirting category within the Next Tailoring business, reporting to the Head Designer of Tailoring, and Menswear Design Director. Key responsibilities included bringing new initiatives to the Next shirts business, conducting seasonal trips for trend analysis and reporting, management of suppliers, and elevating the print and textile designs. Worked closely with buying and merchandising teams to build retail and online collections aligned with the design direction and growth goals of entire Next menswear business. I greatly enjoyed working within my team of buyers and merchandisers to "contemporise" the formal shirts category and helped advance Next to high street market leader in this category. Won the Next Menswear Designer of the Season award. Great experience working within a large scale and diverse product team.
Working directly alongside Universal Works' Founders to design and develop the wide range of Universal Works product. These products include outerwear, knitwear, jersey, soft tailoring, shirting, denim, bags, footwear and accessories. Coordinate special order design projects with some of our key retail accounts globally, working with many of the world's leading contemporary menswear stores such as Mr Porter, Glasswing Seattle, Uncle Otis Toronto and Oi Polloi Manchester. Introduced use of CAD design drawings and tech packs, clarifying and streamlining communications with makers and partners. Design of seasonal prints, graphics and collateral. Designing collaborations and special projects with many other companies, such as Adidas, Barbour, ACE Hotel, Oi Polloi, PF Flyers, Mr Porter and more.