Seeing Double
Dec. 2021
Mirla Beane suit in Stylist Magazine
London, United Kingdom
I am a womenswear designer with a large range of experience over the last 10+ years - across multi-product I have specialised in tailoring & outerwear and in softs/flou categories, whilst also working in high-end luxury brands to premium high street levels.
Within Design I'm well versed in draping
on the stand, tailoring mock-ups, high quality hand drawing skills, fittings, working with pattern cutters, tech packs, CADs, managing assistants and interns, following trend reports, researching, mood boards, sourcing and developing fabrics and trims at Premiere Vision/Milano Unica/London Textile Fair, and visits to fabric mills and clothing factories across Europe.
I'm proficient at Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
I also have organised and led photoshoots, ecom styling shoots, working with photographers and stylists, model casting; along with experience in leading members of the Fashion Press through collections at London Fashion Week.
Aside from clothing design I have also working on designing and building websites, logos/branding, packaging and labels. Through my experience I have also learned a lot on sustainability of fabrics and trims, their importance, and the delicate balance of MOQs and margins.
I am based in London but willing to relocate for the right position.
London, United Kingdom
Temporary contract as womenswear designer on Softs product (dresses/skirts/tops/shirts); consisting of fabric sourcing, draping on the mannequin, working directly with pattern cutters, for monthly drops, in a team of 2 designers and 1 assistant - directly working with Buying and the other design team
s in womenswear
London, United Kingdom
-Designing 4 seasons per year, across tailoring, softs, jersey, and eveningwear.
-Guiding Press through collections at London Fashion Week presentations. Attending brand events. -Planning and attending PV & London Textile Fair / Managing, developing, sourcing fabrics & hardware. -Researching, Designi
ng & developing fabric and print artworks.
-Managing interns & design studio assistants.
-Working with in-house pattern cutters, machinists, technical team, weekly fittings.
-Creating CADs and specs for pattern cutters & factories. Linesheet management.
-Lookbook photoshoot model castings, pre-shoot styling sessions, post-shoot image edit directions. -Leading ecom photoshoots - casting, styling, retouch notes, image selection, on-set direction. -Leading social media direction, concept, content.
-Weekly meetings with instore staff/social media planning/collection delivery.
-Liaising with wholesale and merchandisers on collection development.
-Store Managers Meetings to present new collections / train staff on collections & guide styling.
London, United Kingdom
Maternity Cover; Working on Women's RTW CAD design, from Summer 2019-Winter 2019.
-Illustrating and technical drawings for Women's RTW.
-Illustration of Men's SS19 Runway pieces on request from CEO Marco Gobetti. -Colouring up Riccardo Tisci's runway illustrations.
-Trim design & development / Develo
ping fabric & print artworks.
London, United Kingdom
Reporting to Creative Director, working on seasons SS15-SS19.
-Researching and designing mainline RTW and Press collections.
-Working with Design and Buying teams across multi product, with focus on leading the tailoring. -Researching seasonal concepts, trends, brand's 130 year archive.
-Internationa
l research trips, vintage designer warehouses in Italy & NYC.
-CAD drawings, spec sheets & handovers, visual linesheets,
-Fabric & trim sourcing at Premiere Vision / MilanoUnica / London Textile Fair, & Italian mill visits. -Working with and managing in-house pattern cutters & sample room machinists. Bi-weekly fittings. -Visiting & fittings at European and UK manufacturers.
-Attending concept and ecomm photoshoots and ad campaigns.
London
Short course
Fashion
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Clo3D
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel...)
English
Native language
French
Basic knowledge
Potentially open to relocate
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