Ashley Smallwood
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About
Creative, energetic and hard working, my varied background within the creative industries has given me the skills to make strong commercial decisions and maintain a high level of organisation and quality standards in all I do.
I have been lucky to work with a number of designers such as Vivienne Westwood, JJ hudson, julian Roberts and was assistant designer to Kevin Freeman at Renaissance Couture ltd, I have also worked in prop design, set design and costume.
I have a warm personality that allows me to settle well into team situations and develop strong working relationships, I am also very pragmatic and work well when faced with a deadline or solving a problem and being that I have a minor learning disability means I have always had to think of new and unique ways of working and to make a negative in to one of my strongest traits. I am keen to utilise my skills to their full potential within the creative industry, I always look to acquire new skills and develop old ones and to go above and beyond in every aspect of my work. -
Education
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BAhons fashion design from sussex uni fashion and designnorthbrook college sussex2009 - 2012I studied fashion and design, specialising in menand womenswear. Throughout my time studying at Northbrook I worked on a number of fashion weeks in London and Brighton, interned with Vivienne Westwood's Gold Label produced a six-outfit collection in my final year.
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BTEC National Diploma Art & DesignCity College Brighton2004 - 2008
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GNVQ Design & Applied ArtsCity College Brighton2003 - 2004
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Dorothy Stringer School1996 - 2003
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Experience
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pattern cutterBrighton, United KingdomSep 2014 - Present (10 years 2 months)
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Tailor / Designer / ArtistfreelanerSep 2012 - Present (12 years 2 months)
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DresserThe Theater Royla BrightonMar 2014 - Mar 2014I was asked by the costume department at the Theater Royla to act as dresser in there production of Pygmalion srating Alistair McGowan, Rula Lenska and Jamie Foreman.
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Assistant designer and constructionistRenaissance coutureMay 2013 - Nov 2013 (6 months)Renaissance couture is a Brighton based high fashion studio where I have had the chance to work with designer Kevin Freemen. So far I have produced and designed for a number of different people and businesses, including takeing part in charity fashion show to design and construct garments for Opera Brava, high fashion photo shoots for magazines such as "Face On", MODE uk and shoots for bands such as the freemasons and have also worked on a number of bridal items.
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Costume DesignerOpera BravaJun 2013 - Sep 2013 (3 months)designed and made costumes for the cast of Rigoletto, i also spent time with the cast back stage fitting, makeing adjustments and prop design.
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Fashion and creative workshop leader for children with special learning needsVolunteerJul 2011 - Jan 2013 (1 year 6 months)I ran weekly fashion design workshops in Sussex for children with special learning needs, supporting them to devise design ideas and produce the garments. At the end of the workshops I supported the children to hold a fashion show, where they showed their designs to each other.
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Photographer's assistantAaron St ClairApr 2012 - Jun 2012 (2 months)I worked as a photographer's assistant for the photographer Aaron St Claire at Splash News & Picture Agency in New York.
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DresserGraduate Fashion WeekSep 2011 - Sep 2011I worked behind the stage at Graduate Fashion Week as a dresser a number of times, dressing models, preparing collections for shows, seating and answering queries from guests, and liaising with the designers.
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Fashion internVivienne WestwoodSep 2010 - Nov 2010 (2 months)I interned for Vivienne Westwood's Gold Label as a pattern cutter, stylist and garment constructionist, and worked backstage at S/S 2010.
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Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@Ashley87Smallwood, member since 2014
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