Hi there! I recently graduated with a M.A. degree in conceptual fashion design in which I researched and specialized in body inclusive design & pattern making. I am enthusiastic about creating new textiles and fabric manipulations. I find inspiration in contemporary (internet) culture, psychology and
nostalgia. In total, I have one year of full-time internship experience in the luxury fashion industry and four years of experience working part-time (20h/week) for smaller commercial working brands while studying.
- Creating toiles from sketch (draping and classic pattern cutting) - Flou, leather, knit, woven and outerwear
- Delivering high quality patterns with clear information to in-house atelier or suppliers for the designated product group
- Providing expertise on technical criteria and solutions
- Intera
cting closely with inhouse atelier regarding construction and finishing’s
- Taking part in fitting sessions, take comments, provide proactive and focused input to ensure further development and smooth production processes
- Drawing detailed handsketches for communication
- Offering design options for updated brand classics
- Creating Photoshop mock-ups (crochet designs and placements) and color-ups
- Creating technical sketches and detail drawings
- Supporting with research and picture databases
- Producing hand-stitch trials and finishings/textile manipulations
- Creating bag designs
fashion design with the focus on concept creation; collection management; iconographic research; hand/digital sketches; different body type sketches; prints and fabric manipulations; accessory design; photo/video editorial art direction
Final Grade 1,1
• sewing of gender affirming underwear
• creating and alterating toiles
• participating in production fittings (overseeing correct size and fit for production ready patterns)
• identifying user trends and behaviors
• altering and grading manual patterns
• creating tech packs, flat- and detail sketches
• following the selling and searching for new but sustainable fashion suited to target customer
• eye for minimalistic sustainable design
• mentoring of the interns
• implementing new archive system
• updating boards and collection overviews
• setting up technical files & communication with manufacturers
• assisting in archive organization of collections and of the materials
• helping with fabric sourcing and compiling fabric sheets
• assisting at PFW as backstage dresser and in the showroom
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assisting the design team with the pattern placements for the embroidery
• supporting the development and fabric team with lap dip trials and the dying process
fashion design with the focus on pattern making and product development: creation of cutting plan (placement diagrams); digitization of patterns for industry production; creative pattern making; draping; clothing nomenclature (EN/DE); creation of gradation plan; creation of size charts; calculation o
f material costs; TechPacks; PLM system
Final grade: 1,2
fashion design apprenticeship with the focus on pattern making, garment construction and production:
knowledge of materials, finishing, trims; (hand) sewing; manual pattern making from skretch; draping; CAD pattern making; digitizing manual patterns
Final grade: 1,4
• iconographic researching
• hand sketching and creating collection overviews
• hand-embroidering collection pieces
• altering, measuring and finalizing patterns
• sewing prototypes
• assisting in fittings (photos, taking notes, fitting corrections)
• creating photoshoot props
Fashion
Sustainability
Luxury
Fashion Designer
Pattern Making
Drapery
Art direction
Researcher
Product Development
Grafis CAD
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe CC Suite
Autodesk Sketchbook
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel...)
Clo3D
allemand
Langue natale
anglais
Courant
français
Notions
espagnol
Notions
Permis de travail UE
Mobilité géographique envisageable