Samira Araghi
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About
I am a very talented and versatile designer with experience with both Childrenswear and Women's Contemporary market. I have a good eye to fashion and a sensitive sense to trends.
I have a passion for design and will rise to any creative challenge, thriving in invigorating environments and achieving the highest quality in whatever I do. I am a very committed person and work hard at all times to achieve what I set out to do.
- Computer Skills: MAC and PC, proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Apparel Magic, Microsoft Office
- Excellent design, sense of color and follow through skills
- Successful and experienced in apparel design: create flat sketches, trend research, presentation boards, collection costing
- Fabric sourcing, with solid product and fabric knowledge
- Print design: packaging, brand identity, hang-tags, look books
- Ability to set creative tone and inspire ideas and new concepts
- Merchandise collections so that all product can hang together in a cohesive manner
- Design and merchandise garments targeting specific markets and price points
- Strong understanding of character art, licensed characters and style guides and able to work with licensees
- Strong ability to draw by hand and illustration
- Ability to work directly with retail buyers to develop exclusive product that is both cost effective and within trends
- Team player as well as capable of working independently
- Technical design: ability to create import technical packs, fit comments and pattern corrections -
Education
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Diploma Designer di ModaIstituto di Moda Burgo2005
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B.A Apparel Design & MerchandisingSan Francisco State University2004
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Experience
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Product Developer/Technical DesignerLos Angeles, CASep 2012 - Present (12 years 4 months)Product Development, Pre-Production * Responsible for all aspects of private label business held with Anthropologie: spec writing, fit comments and grading, trim development and approval, product testing, and shipping procedures all handled directly with multiple overseas factories. * Responsible for import tech packs, fit comments and pattern corrections * Lab dips, Embroidery, and print design/approvals for main collection, and private label styles * Maintain multiple T&A reports tracking fit process from development to TOP stages * Work closely with design and production ensuring on-time delivery, while maintaining fit standards and brand integrity * Direct communication with buyers and sales representatives ensuring on-time delivery for all styles * Coordinate style set-up, pricing, costing and cost negotiation with factories for all imports * Develop specialty hang tag, labeling, and graphics * Planning and design of the private label storyboards and sample lines to buyers * Create line plans, tracking reports, and time action calendar * Manage all overseas product development and pre-production, and communicate daily with vendors
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Designer/Design DirectorEntre-DeuxLos Angeles, CA(freelance) A luxurious and chic new Contemporary Sportswear collection. * Helped launch and create new line for the Fall 2011 season * Research trends in design, color and fabrication, with industry forecasting tools and implement them * Manage designing, development, pre-production * Source fabrics and trims * Work closely with pattern and sample makers in the development of all 1st and final dupe samples * Administrate all sample fittings with fit model and patternmaker * Design and create the brand logo, label, and hangtags
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DesignerLos Angeles, CAFeb 2011 - Sep 2012 (1 year 7 months)* Senior designer/merchandiser for high end children's wear * Trend direction, planning and design of the line, present storyboards and sample lines to buyers * Develop tech packs, spec and detail sheets, fit comments * Create line plans, tracking reports, and time action calendar * Managed domestic and overseas product development * Daily communication with overseas vendors and suppliers * Responsible for updating all boards and linesheets and completing all tech packages and flat sketches. * Art direction for graphics to develop all prints, graphic patterns and trims * Manage sample room and work closely with patternmakers and sample sewers * Organize and plan all photoshoots and create lookbooks * Manage an Assistant Designer, Technical Assistant, and Graphic Designer
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DesignerMomzeeLos Angeles, CAJun 2008 - Jan 2009 (7 months)(freelance) * Manage development, pre-production and production of each collection, source fabric and trims * Research trends in design, color and fabrication, with industry forecasting tools and implement them * Work closely with pattern and sample makers in the development of new products * Present and sell the line at major regional markets and tradeshows * Source fabrics and trims
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Splendid Littles & Girl/Little Ella & Girl- DesignerSplendid/ Ella MossLos Angeles, CAJun 2006 - Jun 2008 (2 years)* Responsible for the conceptualization and design of girls and boys newborn thru toddler and tween collections * Manage development and pre-production of each collection * Managing the dupes process from cutting to sewing to shipping samples * Work directly with pattern and sample makers in the development of new products * Technical sketches along with designing the new seasonal line color, prints, and fabrications * Source fabrics, yarns, trims and develop prints, and graphics * Create linesheets and photo look books
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Associate DesignerLos Angeles, CAJun 2005 - Jun 2006 (1 year)High-end women's clothing company. * Work with designer in the conceptualization and research of each collection * Execute all sketches for technical and presentation purposes * Custom product development, manage cutting and sewing areas, manage sample room * Communicate with overseas and domestic vendors regarding production of protos and fit samples * Create proper documentation for the purpose of costing and yielding for Marking and Grading * Source for fabric and trims vendors, contractors and agents both locally and in Italy
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Design InternTemperley LondonMay 2005 - Aug 2005 (3 months)* Prepared line sheets and handled send out work for duplicates * Assisted with tracing and altering of patterns * Cut fabrics for samples, added labels and altered garments * Utilized computer and photo software to scan designs and fabric samples
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