HYUN JOO LEE, Fashion Designer in Arlington, MA

About

Education

BFA Fashion/Apparel Design

Massachusetts College of Art

2007 - 2012

Graduated with Department Honors in Fashion Design, 2012/ Shows And Exhibits : • “Go Red for Women” Fashion show - American Heart Association, 2013 • “The Launch” Fashion show - Boston Fashion Week at Tent, 2012 • “Copley Catwalk” Fashion show - Boston Fashion Week, 2012 • “Copley Place Exhibition” - Boston Fashion Week, 2012 • “Wearable Art” MassArt Exhibition, Burlington, MA, 2011 • “Unveiling” Fashion show for Boston Fashion Week, 2011 • “Untitled” MassArt Fashion Show, 2011 • “All School Show” MassArt Exhibition, 2011

Experience

Fashion Design Freelancer

Self-employed

Jan 2012 - Present (12 years 11 months)

• Restore and alter fit of vintage garments
• Pattern draft upon clienteles’ requests
• Responsible for construction of proto types of garments
• Make technical packages for clienteles’ designs
• Managed color story and fabric choices for look of garments
Beauty Consultant, Visual Merchandiser, Retail Sales Associate

Coco Cosmetics and Fashion

Aug 2008 - Present (16 years 4 months)

• Assisted customers interested in making purchases
• Managed handling and paying invoices
• Arranged displays and merchandise seasonally, especially for holidays
• Designed business card and branding logo for company
• Engaged in visual merchandising and marketing
• Responsible for retail operations and consignment merchandise
• Managed daily and monthly physical inventory for store
Apparel Design Intern

Puma

Jun 2011 - Aug 2011 (2 months)

• Helped with technical packages with detailed flat sketches
• Edited color pallets and proto corrections for design on illustrator
• Participated in design meetings with merchandising and marketing teams
• Participated in fitting and helped with proto corrections on a fit model
• Designed potential pieces for collection
• Researched, prepared and developed design ideas for upcoming collection

Awards

Graduated with Department Honors in Fashion Design, 2012/

Received Department Award for Design and Excellence, 2012/

Revere Project Award, 2012 : Designed uniforms for Revere Hotel in boston and managed the production of selected looks of garments/

Dina Zacconi Intravia Award for Design and Excellence, 2011/

Annie Blake Award for CFDA participation, 2011: Participated in CFDA competition with Women's RTW line/

Skills

Fashion Design

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