Cassie Yau
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Cassie Yau

Fashion DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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Cassie Yau
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Cassie Yau

Fashion DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Fashion Designer born in Hong Kong, recently graduated from London College of Fashion in BA Womenswear. I value the playfulness of experimenting silhouettes on the body, whilst incorporating couture and bespoke tailoring techniques in my projects. My minimal aesthetic appreciates the unexpected beauty within failures, imperfection, and encouraging a deeper exploration of oneself with the unconscious mind as a designer. My 3+ years of experience in fashion-related roles alongside studies has broadened my knowledge and abilities in both design and production departments while contributing my strong organizational and time-management skills under pressure. I am eager to learn and am open to design and production roles in luxury fashion as well as freelancing opportunities.
Projects
  • Beyond my control
    Beyond my controlMy main collection is my own world of Surrealism. The dreams that I have come and go are independent of me and beyond my control. My dream of rolling people inspired me to recreate twisting and slicing motions with clay and a rolling pin. Experimenting and playing around with these movements, made me discover the rolling pin's ability for extending and rearranging objects, which created elongated and unusually shaped patterns, has been an inspiration in the process of translating dreams into my
  • Pre-collection
    Pre-collectionMy dream of rolling people inspired me to recreate twisting and slicing motions with clay and a rolling pin. Experimenting and playing around with these movements on the mannequin and fabric has helped me in developing interesting drapes and patterns in my process. I began by slicing a piece of fabric at random, then draped the remaining fabric over the stand while twisting the fabric and the stand in various directions while observing how the cloth changed as it twisted around the body. The rol
  • Tailoring project
    Tailoring projectTailored jacket was designed and made for my client based on her body measurements.
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Work history
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    Design and Production InternWED Studio
    London, United KingdomInternship
    - Part-time working alongside studies during term time - Photographing new collection and assisting with dressing of models - Communicating with designers in drafting and tracing patterns - Calculating layplans and cutting delicate fabric
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    Embroidery InternDipetsa
     - London, United KingdomInternship
    - Hand embroidering garments for celebrity project - Learning DiPetsa technique to create the wet-look with leather - Cutting fabric for manufacturing - Reorganizing patterns
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Skills
  • Pattern Cutting
  • Garment Technology
  • Couture Sewing
  • Advanced Sewing
  • Fashion Design
  • Illustration
  • Photoshoot Styling
  • Photoshoots
Education
    London College of Fashion, UAL logo
    London College of Fashion, UAL logo
    BA (Hons) Womenswear DesignLondon College of Fashion, UAL
     - London, United Kingdom
    First Class Honours
    London College of Fashion, UAL logo
    London College of Fashion, UAL logo
    International Preparation for Fashion (Certificate in Higher Education)London College of Fashion, UAL
     - London, United Kingdom
    Distinction