Multidisciplinary Creative Studio
Fashion & Fine Art
Creative direction, product development and strategic tools for fashion and lifestyle brands.
TMC Creative Studios
Led by Tara Cunniffe, with 18+ years experience across fashion operations, design, product development and creative direction.
TMC Creative is a multidisciplinary studio specialising in fashion creative direction, product development, and brand identity. Partnering with emerging and established brands, the studio translates ideas into considered, commercially viable collections through colour, print, textiles, and visual storytelling.
Alongside its services, a curated suite of digital tools and downloadable resources supports modern brands with practical, strategy-led solutions across fashion, content, and creative direction.
Fashion & Lifestyle Product Development & Creative Direction
Creative direction and technical expertise for fashion and lifestyle brands. Supporting the development of considered, commercially viable collections from concept through to launch.
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Strategic visual direction to define how your brand looks, feels, and communicates across product and imagery.
Includes:
• Creative direction
• Brand identity & mood boards
• Trend research & colour direction
• Print & textile design
• Competitor analysis
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Design support to shape cohesive, production-ready collections aligned with your brand and market.
Includes:
• Garment design
• CAD drawings & technical flats
• Range planning & assortment building
• Collection colour & print development
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Technical and practical support to bring your designs from concept through to factory-ready production.
Includes:
• Tech packs
• Specifications & grading
• Fabric & trim sourcing
• Sampling coordination
• Garment fittings & comments
• Factory liaison & offshore manufacturing guidance
• Purchase orders (sampling & bulk) -
Support for brands preparing to sell into wholesale markets and manage production planning.
Includes:
• Wholesale range planning
• Trade show & sales preparation
• Lookbook creation (digital & print)
• Order processing & production schedules
• Wholesale budgets & selling calendars
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Creative support for product launches, campaigns, and visual brand storytelling.
Includes:
• Campaign direction
• Styling
• Photoshoot planning
• E-commerce & social imagery
• Flat lay & ghost mannequin styling
• Branding, packaging & graphic design
• Copywriting -
Operational and planning tools to help brands stay organised, on budget, and on schedule.
Includes:
• Critical path development
• Seasonal design calendars
• Collection budgeting & forecasting
• Xero setup & expense tracking -
Flexible one-on-one support for founders and teams needing guidance, structure, or expert input at any stage of their journey.
Includes:
• 1:1 consulting sessions
• Founder mentorship
• Post-project support -
Structured digital frameworks and prompt systems developed to help founders refine brand voice, clarify positioning and generate aligned content efficiently, without losing creative integrity.
Digital Tools & Frameworks
Not ready for full-service support? Explore our digital tools.
Designed for emerging and growing brands, our digital tools and frameworks translate industry experience into practical, actionable resources. Supporting you at every stage of your brand journey.
Brand Strategy
Creative Direction
Product Development
Business & Systems
Work With
TMC Studios
Creative Services
Tailored, end-to-end support or individual projects
Digital Tools & Frameworks
Self-guided resources for building and refining your brand
Shop Fine Art
A collection of original oil paintings by Tara Cunniffe, where botanical forms meet geometric structure. Each piece is designed to bring a sense of calm, depth, and quiet energy into your space, an artwork to live with, not just look at
Testimonial
“I would like to thank Tara for my two beautiful original oil paintings that take pride in my home. They are amazing, showing brush strokes of green, pinks, and black. The tranquility of the paintings keeps me mesmerised and wanting to keep looking at them. The feeling and depth of meaning, along with their beauty, demonstrates Tara’s talent and gift for painting my dahlias. Such talent - Tara, you are an amazing artist.”
— Marissa, Collector