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Stylist
Falls Church, VA
Sep 2013 - Present (11 years 2 months)
Selling
+Created sales through uncovering customer need and suggesting items to compliment
+Assisted customers with elevated product knowledge
+Provided a unique ability to create and coordinate outfits for customers
Visual Merchandising
+Designed and executed floorset for merchandising flow and displaying new products
Customer Experience
+Managed register and cash wrap to give an efficient and positive experience for customers
+Kept sales floor neat and shoppable throughout shift
+Closed store and prepared sales floor for the next day
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Freelance Designer
Falls Church, VA
Aug 2013 - Present (11 years 3 months)
+Sketched designs for Thari Couture including dresses, suits, tops, and skirts
+Created illustrations and sketched designs for Kickstarter rewards
+Attended and spoke two runway events
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Design Intern
Richmond, VA
Aug 2012 - Present (12 years 3 months)
+Developed looks for collection, including a cardigan, dress, skullcap, bolero
+Introduced use of knits to collection, draped cut & sew knit pieces
+Assisted in creating installation and maintaining booth for COAST Shows NYC Trade Show +Dressed and accessorized models at COAST Shows NYC and VA Fashion Week Runway Show
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Book Repair Assistant
VCU
Richmond, VA
Aug 2010 - Aug 2013 (3 years)
+Repaired books, from simple page repairs to full book binding/recasing
+Included spine repair, sewing signatures, page repairs, tightening hinges, recasing
+Worked on books in general collection as well as special collections, rare books from 1700s to 1900s
+Entered thousands of books into database and streamlined data entry system
+Fixed and took measures to prevent damage to the music collection in the future
+Organized and cleaned book repair work place
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Costume and Textiles Intern (Fur)
Richmond, VA
Jan 2012 - May 2012 (4 months)
+Catalogued numerous items not in the database, with a specific focus on fur garments
+Photographed items to be put in database and linked photos to matching entry in database for ease of access
+Wrote blog posts for museum on fur or menswear