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Freelance Designer | Consultant
Contemporary Women's and Men's
Feb 2010 - Present (14 years 9 months)
• Ramy Brook- Sweaters, Cut & Sew, and RTW
• Opening Ceremony (NYC)- Knitwear and RTW, sketching and technical
• Generation Love (NYC)- Cut & Sew, Sweaters, Woven’s, Outerwear, Bottoms, Print Design, and Embellishment
• Ann Taylor (NYC)- Woven Tops
• Dolan Clothing (LA)- Embellished Knitwear: Embroidery Designs, Print Designs and Repeats
• Current/Elliott (LA)- Men’s wear: Hand Illustration
• Sahaja (LA)- Women’s and Men’s wear: Linesheet development and Hand Illustration
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Cut & Sew Knits and Woven's Designer
Sanctuary Clothing
Jun 2012 - Jul 2013 (1 year 1 month)
• Research Trends for evolving ideas and sourced fabrics in the market for new concepts
• Developed new wash standards and shrinkage tests with local and oversea factories
Helped to re-launch the Knits Division, to rebrand and sell to major department stores
• Daily communications with sewers, technical designers and patternmakers to develop a proper tech pack for overseas vendors; conducted daily fittings with approval from Creative Director
• Designed new embroidery artworks for all categories
• Worked with Print designer on print repeats and color stories ;Advised and selected proper pantones for seasonal color stories
• Traveled to Factories in Hangzhou, China for new developments, fabric/trim sourcing, fit sessions, and to work with factory team. Traveled to Hong Kong for trend research and new development
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Associate Designer- Pete & Greta/Biya Divisions
Johnny Was
Oct 2010 - Jun 2012 (1 year 8 months)
• Artwork placements; Including EMB design and placements, recoloring, editing
• Print Design: Develop original artwork based on inspiration, provide print repeat for factory along with pantone colors. Patternmaking Development,: Daily communication with Sample Sewers, and fittings with pattern maker to ensure proper fit before releasing to factory.
• Manage Biya Divisions/Pete &Greta from Trend research, to development into product development
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Technical Design Assistant
One World Apparel
2010 - 2010
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Design PR Intern
Internships
2009 - 2010 (1 year)
- Dolce & Gabbana
- AIKO
- Band of Outsiders
- One World Apparel