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Fashion & Textiles, Specialising in Accessories & Licensing
Manda Epton
Sydney, Australia
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About
A professional designer with more than 10 years experience as a designer in the fashion industry. My specialty is accessories design & beach lifestyle. I have designed for many iconic Australian surf/ street brands for example Mambo, Piping Hot & Wavezone. I have also worked in kids licensed product as a designer buyer for brands such as Barbie, Disney Priness & Peppa Pig
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Education
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BA (Hons) Fashion & TextilesRavensbourne College of Design Communication, London1991 - 19943 year degree in fashion & textile design, business & illustration
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BTEC Fashion Design & TechCroydon College London1990 - 1991Technical pattern making & design course. Prelim to my degree.
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Foundation Fine Art FoundationCambridge Art School, UK1989 - 19901 year course in fine art & some design. Film making, ceramics, painting, printmaking, sculpture, fashion & textiles
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Experience
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Freelance Designer, SleepwearSydney, AustraliaMay 2017 - Present (7 years 6 months)Designing sleepwear for ladies, men & kids
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Freelance DesignerSydney, AustraliaJan 2016 - Present (8 years 10 months)Accessories Designer for quality brand of goods featuring orginial artwork by Aboriginal Artists for the tourism and Australia market. Products include, travel goods, bags, umbrellas, scarves & soft toys.
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Accessories DesignerSydney, AustraliaAug 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 4 months)Designer of accessories - labels such as Lee Cooper, Piping Hot (surfwear), Wavezone & Emerson
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Freelance DesignerSydney, AustraliaFeb 2016 - Nov 2016 (9 months)Designing womens and mens accessories for Mambo, Emoji and Sesame Street license. Included footwear, bags, backpacks, travel accessories & socks
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Freelance DesignerSydney, AustraliaMay 2016 - Sep 2016 (4 months)Outerwear for larger sizes women
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Freelance Accessories DesignerSydney, AustraliaJan 2016 - Sep 2016 (8 months)Worked specifically on the Seduce x Disney accessories range. Fashion accessories themed alongside the releace of the Alice Through the Looking Glass movie and also Princess. Womens fashion age 18 - 30
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Freelance DesignerSydney, AustraliaJan 2016 - Jun 2016 (5 months)Designed kids knits (T-shirts, shorts, pants) for Big W, B&L, Target. Mixed age ranges from 0-17
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Brand Designer/ BuyerSydney, AustraliaJun 2006 - Jun 2014 (8 years)Managed 6 licensed brands in kids accessories. Brands included Wishes, Peppa Pig, Barbie, Hot Wheels, Harry Potter, Lalaloopsy, Disney Fairies & Disney Princess, Responsible for large area of retail real estate, added huge value to the company turnover during my time there.
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On Coroflot@MandaEpton, member since 2017
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