Audrey Fidalgo, Accessory Designer/Product Development/Technical Designer Accessories in Los Angeles, CA

About

I have designed in most categories and all price points.

I research and get to know my customers and design the most sale-able products for them.

Belts, Handbags, Small Leather Goods.

Men's, Women's, Junior's, Tween's and Children's

Specialties: Knowledge and understanding of construction and manufacturing.

Metal, leather, PU & PVC, woven and knit fabrics.

Sketching (hand & CAD), still like sketching by hand to capture the quick thoughts!

Traveled to Asia, Mexico and Europe for sourcing, development and to work one on one with factories to ease the design and production process.

Education

AA Fashion

not provided

Experience

MAC and PC Literate in Excel

MS Word, Outlook, PLM and * Ability to render idea in hand sketch or Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop * Construction knowledge to create comprehensive technical packages * Ability to translate trends to target customer through research and analysis * Manufacturing and sourcing experience with factories in Asia, Europe and the Americas. * Organized, deadline oriented. Able to handle multiple projects. Quick start/follow through * Proficient in problem solving and communication
Accessory Product Development manager

MAD ENGINE INC

Private label & Licensed accessories all categories Target, Walmart, BoxLunch, Hot Topic, Fred Meyer's, Anchore Group and Spencer's. *
Designer-Accessories

VOLAR /GP LLC.

2016 - 2018 (2 years)

-2016-2018 Accessory Design for Licensed, Brands and Private label clients: Forever21, Francesca's, The Buckle, Ross, Torrid, H&M, Funko, ASOS, Aldo's, Primark and Target.
Designer-Handbags

Naked Zebra

2015 - 2016 (1 year)

Designed leather handbags for on line business and small retailers to compliment the clothing division.
Designer-Technical-Accessories

Roxy/Quiksilver

2013 - 2015 (2 years)

Technical Designer for all categories of Accessories of Roxy Women's Division.
SMU Designer, all data input in PLM.
Designer-handbags

Vieta

2011 - 2013 (2 years)

Designed Young Contemporary handbags, founded junior division Via to increase sales and mentored new designer. Increased sales and visibility is first year.
Desinger-Belts

Vogue

2010 - 2011 (1 year)

Designer of Men's and Women's belts for license and private label.
Joe's Jeans, Guess, Ed Hardy, Nordstrom's, Dillard's, Buckle and Aldo's.
Designer- Handbags and Diaper bags-licensed, private label and Brand collections

ESSENTIALS BRANDS INC

2008 - 2010 (2 years)

Designed Better leather handbags and mentored junior handbag designer & division to expand company income and growth. Clients: Carmen Marc Valvo, Carlos Falchi, Liz Lang, Timi & Leslie and Target. *
Designer-Accessories

LINEA PELLE INC

2004 - 2008 (4 years)

Designer of Women's and Men's Linea Pelle Collections & LP Department Store Lines. Mentored & supervised staff of five and vendors for smooth development to production with streamlined process that increased company revenues per annum and led to founding of Handbag and small leather goods division and financial support for expansion of private label division. Clients: Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Saks, Bendel's, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Kitson, Isetan, Mitsukoshi, Banana Republic, The Gap, Target, Old Navy and better boutiques.

Awards

Dallas Fashion Accessory Award

Industries

Skills

Elsewhere on the Web

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@audreyfidalgo, member since 2014

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