The owner of Burnt Soul Clothing , a Bristol-based studio that designs and sells incredible Lycra catsuits and other fashion pieces, is in the final stages of packing up her Bristol location before she moves back home to Cornwall. Her studio at Filwood Green Business Park will close this weekend. Robyn Lythe started Burnt Soul Clothing back in 2012 as a side project and 2015 as an official business, and has since gone on to create colourful fashion pieces for festival-goers and celebrities alike.
But she's packing up shop and heading back to her hometown of Newquay, where she says she will continue the business in a more streamlined and sustainable way from here on out. She announced the closure and move back in August , posting the following message on social media , and now, with the doors to her studio closing for good, Robyn tells BristolLive: "It's going to be so hard. "Moving to Bristol has been such a major part of Burnt Soul.
I think if I wasn't in Bristol I don't think I would have done Burnt Soul, because the scene here really inspired me to start it - that party scene, and the creative hub that Bristol has as well." Robyn started out making wedding dresses and then started making catsuits on the side for some friends, the reaction from whom she describes as being "amazing" and the reason behind her decision to make the switch from wedding dresses to Lycra. "I loved doing the wedding dresses but it was a different kind of thrill," she says.
"I love colour and bold p.