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Freelance Accessories Designer
Favilla Silvia Design Lab
Italy
Sep 2022 - Present (2 years 3 months)
I am a Freelance Designer with over 20 years of experience in the fashion luxury industry. I can offer Design as well as product development service with some of the best Italian leather goods manifacturers. Open to work on new projects.
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Designer and Product development - Prada women bags
Arezzo, Italy
Sep 2015 - Present (9 years 3 months)
Conducting presentations sketches & technical drawings and prototype reviews with the company Management. Designing new concepts for women leather goods in particular bags, coordinated with the RTW and shoe divisions. Designing & developing new hardware and accessories with Italian suppliers. Monitoring and coordinating all the product development steps with the company's paper pattern makers and the production units. Evaluating strategies to renovate the product according to new trends, the market needs, and the product development process. Monitoring and coordinating the work of a junior designers.
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Designer and Product development - Women's Leather goods
Florence, Italy
Sep 2005 - Sep 2015 (10 years)
* Monitoring worldwide fashion and social trends traveling to the main cities and point of sales * Conducting concept presentations (sketches & mood boards) and prototype reviews with the company Management & Merchandising coordinators. * Researching, selecting and following up the development of new materials and finishes. * Designing new concepts for women leathergoods (handbags, SLGs, and belts), coordinated with the RTW and shoe divisions. * Designing & developing new hardware and accessories with Italian suppliers. * Monitoring and coordinating all the product development steps with the company's paper pattern makers and the production units. * Evaluating strategies to renovate the product according to new trends, the market needs, and the product development process. * Monitoring and coordinating the work of a junior designers.
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Designer and product development
Bologna, Italy
2003 - 2005 (2 years)
Designing collections for Men and Women's Leather goods division. * Researching, selecting and developing new materials and finishes in Europe and in the Far East. * Designing new concepts of ladies & men leather goods for Tommy Hilfiger Europe. * Designing, developing and engineering of new hardware and accessories in co-operation with European and the Far East suppliers. * Monitoring and coordinating all the product development steps with the production units in China.
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Designer - Handbags, eyewear, timepieces
Bologna, Italy
2001 - 2003 (2 years)
Designing, developing and engineering of new hardware and accessories in co-operation with European and Far East suppliers. * Researching and developing new materials. * Designing new timepieces with Seiko for Mandarina Duck. * Designing new sunglasses and frames with Visibilia for Mandarina Duck brand