Jose St-Jacques Simon Belanger
Fashion Designer
Jose St-Jacques Simon Belanger
Fashion Designer
Lieu
Montreal, Canada
Seniorité
Plus de 10 ans d'expérience
Age
37 ans
Genre
Homme
Nationalité
Canada
À propos

We are a duo of experienced Canadian fashion designers looking for new and exciting challenges abroad.

Having worn all the hats within our own company, (design, realization, production, distribution, sales, marketing...) we now wish to focus on what we are best at: design.

BACKGROUND:
After winning

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the grand prize in a TV fashion competition in 2010, we founded Atelier UNTTLD (untitled): a line of women’s luxury ready-to-wear that manifests power, glamour and elegance. Made in Italy, the collection is now distributed in the United States, Europe and Canada (Neiman Marcus, Saks 5th Avenue, 55 Croisette, etc.)
You can visit our website: atelierunttld.com

After graduating from Cégep Marie-Victorin in fashion Design, José went on to perfect his knowledge of textiles and techniques in the Fibre Program at Concordia University’s faculty of Fine Arts. A graduate of LaSalle College’s Fashion Design program, Simon earned a Master’s degree at the Domus Academy of Milan.

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Astistic Director / Designer / Brand Manager
Atelier UNTTLD inc. avr.. 1, 2011 - 2023
Montreal, Canada

Responsible for shaping and establishing the brand vision, from product development to go-to-market strategy.
Design: Analysis of the market offer, creation of mood-boards and color palettes, research of fabrics and
trims, research and creation of prints, sketching and editing of the collection plan,

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development of samples in
collaboration with pattern makers and samplers, fittings, cost supervision and contribution to price architecture.
Branding: Conceptualize and oversee the creation of all visuals: lookbook, campaign, BTS and product photos).
Creation of mood boards (Concept, lighting, decor, styling, poses, hair and make-up), hiring of the creative
team, casting of models, production on set, selection of images, supervision of photo retouching, editing
of visual documents.
Oversee the application and deployment of visual content and messaging across all channels: website, social
media, newsletters, ads, B2B)

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Winner
CAFA Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards
2016
Canada

The Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent

Winner
Star Wars Toronto Fashion week contest
2015
Toronto, Canada

"Montreal label UNTTLD used their creative forces and struck gold in a Star Wars costume contest with their interpretation of an iconic metal bikini worn by Princess Leia.

Designers José Manuel St-Jacques and Simon Bélanger were awarded the $15,000 prize on Wednesday at Toronto's World MasterCard Fa

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shion Week." excerpt from a CBC article.

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Winner
TV show "La Collection"
2010
montreal, Canada

A reality TV show similar to "Project Runway". Jose won the grand $100,000 prize.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, (Fibres major, Art History minor)
Concordia University août. 15, 2008 - mai. 31, 2009
Montreal, Canada

A rigorous and comprehensive study of the technical, conceptual and creative aspects of current fibres practices. Students draw on diverse cultural or social research and a rich history of textile traditions to produce critically engaged artworks that use interdisciplinary, social, relational and per

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formance elements.
Classes are small to promote personal expression and critical discussion and the open studio format supports the development of each student’s body of work. I was introduced to a broad range of fibres structure processes and printing and dyeing techniques including:

-hand construction
-loom and off loom woven structures
-silk screen printing
-discharge and resist dyeing
-embroidery and embellishment

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BA Fashion Design
College Marie Victorin août. 20, 2004 - mai. 31, 2008
Montreal, Canada
Secteurs d'activité

Fashion

Skills

Fashion Designer

Product Development

Head of Design

Pattern Making

Compétences logiciels

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel...)

Adobe Premiere Pro

Langues

français

Langue natale

anglais

Bilingue

espagnol

Bilingue

italien

Capacité professionnelle

Types de contrats
Freelance / Missions
Temps plein
Collaboration