Emma Willis on how her ‘expressive’ kids inspired new CBBC show Style It Out

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Emma Willis is looking for the next generation of fashion designers in her CBBC show Style It Out - and has revealed that it's her own kids who inspired the brand new series.

Style It Out follows Emma as she invites nine creative children from across the UK into CBBC's workshop and sets them a series of challenges centred around sustainable fashion designing.

With guest judges like Gok Wan, Noel Gallagher's daughter Anais and Strictly Come Dancing 's Katya Jones stopping by to give their thoughts, the winner will get to show off their designs at London Fashion Week.

While nine young designers are taking part in the show, Emma said that she came up with the idea after seeing how creative her own children - Isabelle, 14, Ace, 12, and Trixie, seven - are becoming. "They've got no blinkers on, they're so expressive," she said of her kids, who she shares with Busted's Matt Willis. "They want to express themselves in whatever way they want, and they wear whatever they want, and they're not at fear of judgement or criticism. "They've got such open minds to creativity, and it feels like as they get a little bit older, that gets chiselled out of them very slowly." Emma added that in a bid to make her fashion environmentally sustainable, she tries to pass on as much of her wardrobe as possible - and her kids already want some of her clothes for themselves. "My eldest has been trying my shoes on since she was two years old.