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Design Consultant
Various
Jan 2015 - Present (9 years 8 months)
Fashion Design consulting for women's and kid's sportswear and sleepwear, with emphasis on taking innovative approaches to design while maintaining the sale-ability of the product
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Designer and Artist
King of Prussia, PA
Oct 2012 - Dec 2014 (2 years 2 months)
Developing and designing for Hartstrings Retail and Wholesale collection consisting of Hartstrings Girls and Kitestrings Boys (0-24M & 2T-16), and the KC Parker Collection (7-16). Designs include intarsia sweaters, cut & sew knits and wovens, sleep, rain and swimwear * Creating seasonal print, color, trim, and fabric research * Composing mood and trend boards * Developing allover print designs unique to the brand using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Plaid Maker Pro * Creating intarsia sweater designs, embroideries, appliqués and screen print art * Preparing prints for technical repeats and composing final art for screens and embroideries * Using PDM for tracking styles from development to production *
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Designer and Print Designer
New York, NY
Aug 2010 - Oct 2012 (2 years 2 months)
Created designs for "Dollie&Me" matching girl and doll collection (2T-12) * Designs included sleepwear, dresses and sportswear for department store, mid-tier and mass market * Created brand specific fun and whimsical product for sleepwear and sportswear * Designed conversational prints with matching graphic concepts to embellish print story * Prepared prints repeats and screened embellished graphic art for production *
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Designer, Artist
New York, NY
Jan 2002 - Jan 2010 (8 years)
Designed sportswear for girls licensed collections (2T-4T & 7-16) for Disney's Hannah Montana & Princesses, Mary Kate and Ashley, Nickelodeon's iCarly, Warner Bros.' Mattel Girls Division including Barbie, Primp, and Jet Set * Designs included all woven categories, denim, cut & sew knits. Conceptualized collections within licensor's brand vision * Researched markets, developed seasonal trend boards for presentations to licensors and sales teams * Collaborated with trend and print services for development of new collections * Creatively guided team of artists * Guided and approved fit from initial sample though pre-production samples * Collaborated with sourcing and product development teams * Prepared tech packs * Approved lab dips, trims, fabric qualities *
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Lead Designer
SWISSTIME Hong Kong LTD
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jan 1995 - Jan 2001 (6 years)
Designed for private label and branded watch manufacturer for the ESQ, Kipling, Tommy Hilfiger, Jean Perret, SwissForce, Modern English and Modeo collections * Launched, designed and managed a successful collection of fashion watches using exclusively designed jacquard ribbons, novelty textiles and leathers * collaborated with buyers to designs and plan future collections * Directed and designed advertising and promotional material for in-house brands * Mentored and trained Hong Kong design staff in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop * Represented company at international watch and jewelry fairs in Europe and Far East *
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Designer
COOPER SPORTSWEAR MFG CO
New York, NY
Jan 1990 - Jan 1995 (5 years)
Cooper Sportswear is the Original Manufacturer of Aviation and Classic Jackets for the U.S. Army/Air Corp since 1910. Designed men, young men and boys outerwear collections, licensed outerwear for MTV and Louisville Slugger vintage baseball inspired outerwear * Designed collections of famous leather and wool "Eight Ball" jackets exclusively for MTV * Created young men and boys vintage inspired baseball jackets for Louisville Slugger license * Developed branded Cooper collections for men, young men and boys outerwear in leather, canvas and nylon * Travelled extensively to Hong Kong, China, India, Pakistan and Korea for product development and production oversight * Supervised large sample room at Cooper Sportswear factory in Newark NJ * Shopped Canadian, European and U.S. outerwear markets *