I am a designer with 5 years' experience working across design, production and merchandise. I immerse myself in the culture around me, attending exhibitions and reading up on the latest trends to help influence my creative practice.
My proudest experience was being shortlisted as one of the best 25 designers at Graduate Fashion Week 2016 and having my design work featured in Vogue Italia.
Projects
- EXODUS FROM KAMPALABareia’s collection is rooted in the concept of migration and the resulting culture shift. The collection explores the journey of the women of Pakistani and Indian background who lived in Uganda under British colonialism and then were expelled in the 1970s by the dictator Idi Amin. It is natural when living in colonialism that cultural identity becomes diluted, and fashion demonstrates this effect: the draped sari replaced by more appealing functional ‘modern’ Western clothes; the traditional
Work history
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Design Room AssistantUdare Ltd.
- London, United KingdomFull Time
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Merchandise/Product Development AssistantWhispering smith
- London, United KingdomFull Time
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Skills
- Design Development
- CAD Drawings
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Indesign
- Drawing Clothes
- Teamworking
- Graphic Design
- Microsoft Offic
Education
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BA (Hons) Fashion DesignUniversity for the Creative Arts at Epsom | HE
- Epsom, United Kingdom
Luxury Womenswear Design
Awards
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Shortlisted forFashion Scout
The Fashion Scout Merit Award finalist 2016T
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Shortlisted forThe Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)
CFDA + Design Graduate Award finalist 2016+ Show more