# James Hillman > Senior fashion consultancy from concept to retail. Twenty years across menswear, womenswear, swim, sportswear, leather, footwear, accessories and technical apparel. London-based. I take on the brands I want to work with. There aren't many. The practice is small by design. I lead the work. Trusted collaborators — sample makers, pattern cutters, photographers, factory contacts — come in as projects need them. Capacity without the overhead of an in-house team. ## About - [About James](https://jameshillman.co.uk/about): Background, training, awards, named clients. Kingston University and Central Saint Martins. Mentored by Elio Fiorucci in Milan. Showed at London Fashion Week. Opened Amsterdam Fashion Week. Mittelmoda Levi's Award 2009. Founded 2012. - [Selected Work](https://jameshillman.co.uk/work): Case studies across launches, rebrands, growth-stage work and category extensions. ## How to work with me - [Work With Us](https://jameshillman.co.uk/work-with-us): It starts with a conversation. Working with me is a path rather than a menu — each step is complete in itself, and each one earns the next. - [Discovery call](https://jameshillman.co.uk/contact): Free, fifteen minutes. Every engagement starts here. A short call to understand where the brand is, what's in the way, and whether I'm the right person for it. - [Studio Audit](https://jameshillman.co.uk/contact): £250 + VAT. Thirty minutes of working time on one problem — a pricing decision, a range that isn't resolving, a factory quote. The fee counts toward a Studio Session booked within thirty days. - [Studio Session](https://jameshillman.co.uk/studio-session): £750 + VAT. Ninety minutes with a senior fashion consultant, in person at Cocoa Studios SE16 or via Zoom. Where the audit takes on one problem, the Session takes on the whole picture. You leave with a written Direction Document inside five working days. - [Studio Advisory](https://jameshillman.co.uk/studio-advisory): From £2,000 + VAT per month. Retained senior product and strategy direction, season after season, for scaling brands with a team in place. Capped at five brands. - [Project Work](https://jameshillman.co.uk/project-work): From £1,000 + VAT. Single-scope briefs — a tech pack, a 3D garment development, a sourcing brief, a category extension review. Defined deliverable, defined fee. - [Full Service](https://jameshillman.co.uk/full-service): From £10,000 + VAT. End-to-end consultancy across a season or a launch. Concept through to wholesale rail. Brand identity, design direction, sourcing, production, quality control. - [Studio Subscription](https://jameshillman.co.uk/studio-subscription): £350 + VAT per month. Not a step on the path — a different way of working. One scheduled hour a month plus email access in between. Capped at eight founders. ## Case studies - [Casa Marané](https://jameshillman.co.uk/casa-marane): Ten-year working relationship across swim, linen, resort wear, womenswear, accessories and home. Stocked at Selfridges, Liberty, Harvey Nichols and Bloomingdale's. Two flagship stores in Uruguay. - [LUCA](https://jameshillman.co.uk/luca): Women's performance cyclewear, built from concept. Five seasons in. Pro-athlete partnerships across triathlon and Olympic cycling. Editorial campaigns across Costa Rica, Mallorca, Lanzarote, the Italian Dolomites. - [Kozha](https://jameshillman.co.uk/kozha): Men's luxury leather, built from the ground up. Bulgarian heritage modernised. Worn by some of the biggest names in the world. - [NADIA GIO](https://jameshillman.co.uk/nadia-gio): Saudi luxury womenswear. Full service from concept to launch — brief, design language, sourcing, production, photography direction. Launched 2025. - [BRÓG](https://jameshillman.co.uk/brog): Irish women's luxury footwear. A three-word brief, a total rebrand. Now stocked in Ireland, Japan, BHV in Paris, Nordstrom in New York and entering the Middle Eastern market. ## Digital fashion - [Digital Fashion](https://jameshillman.co.uk/digital-fashion): 3D garment design, CGI campaign content, and digital tech packs. Develop styles in 3D before sampling — lower cost, lower lead time, less waste. Same process produces campaign-ready imagery without a shoot. ## Reading - [Journal](https://jameshillman.co.uk/journal): Notes on fashion design, development and production from twenty years of consultancy work — tech packs, brand concepts, sourcing, manufacturing, collection timelines, MOQs, fabric sourcing. ## Shop - [Shop](https://jameshillman.co.uk/shop): Digital downloads. The Founder's Kit (£99) — the nine-stage playbook with templates and worked examples. The Tech Pack Template (£24). The CV Template Pack (£19). ## Contact - [Contact](https://jameshillman.co.uk/contact): info@jameshillman.co.uk. The studio is at Cocoa Studios, SE16, by appointment only. - [FAQ](https://jameshillman.co.uk/faq): Common questions about working with me — what a fashion consultancy actually does, who I work with, pricing, timelines, where I'm based, manufacturing partners. ## Categories I work across Menswear. Womenswear. Swim. Resort wear. Sportswear and performance apparel. Leather goods. Footwear. Accessories. Technical apparel. Home. ## Notes I take on the brands I want to work with. There aren't many. Most start with a conversation — a free fifteen-minute discovery call. Founders launching a brand from scratch, established names exploring a new category, technical apparel brands needing a senior eye — the constant across the work is depth of involvement. I don't consult from the margins.