Justine Avril – Eyes on Talents

Senior embroidery consultant

Justine Avril oct.. 1, 2017 - Présent

London, Royaume-Uni

Creating hand crafted embroidery designs for haute couture and ready to wear

Senior embroidery stylist

Balmain juil.. 4, 2018 - jan.. 9, 2019

Paris, France

- Research of new techniques within the themes of each collections
- Creation, design, development and follow up on the artworks and swatches based on the brief of the creative director, Olivier Rousteing, with the external suppliers. These following the budget allocated
- Liaising with the atelier t

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o create 3-dimensional embroidery structures
- Creation of placements and instructions of the embroidery launches for the embroidery looks. Teaming up with the graphic designers
- Liaising and following the process of the embroideries with the suppliers in Europe and Asia, and budget management

Head of embroidery department

Ralph and Russo, London déc.. 1, 2013 - oct.. 15, 2017

London, Royaume-Uni

- Hand crafted embroidery

- Conception, research, design and development of embroideries along with Creative director for Haute Couture collections and private clients

- Supervising internal (team of 11) and external artwork and sample developer teams.Following the embroidery process from the idea

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to the finish garments and accessories

- Correspondence and supervision of internal and external developments of all the above. Good connections with suppliers in India and France which involved multiple travels

- Research of technical solution according to designs and fabrics. Control of the final embroideries

Embroidery technician and swatch developer

Maison Lesage sept.. 1, 2011 - nov.. 1, 2013

- Hand crafted embroidery

- Swatch developments along with Creative Directors for Haute Couture houses (Chanel, Valentino)

- Creation of swatches for pret-a-porter collections of various houses (Mary Katrantzou, Alexandre Vauthier)

- "Petite main" embroiderer for Haute Couture, Ready to Wear

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and special orders for Chanel, Dior, Valentino, Mary Katrantzou, Alexandre Vauthier, Bouchra Jarrar, Julien Fournié...

Degree/BMA Embroidery design

L P de la Mode Octave Feuillet sept.. 1, 2011 - sept.. 1, 2013

Degree in Craft and Industrial Ceramics

ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres School of art and design sept.. 1, 2009 - juil.. 1, 2011