I am a devoted, passionate and talented team player looking to heighten my fashion career by engaging, understanding and contributing to all areas within the business.
My move from Melbourne, Australia to London has been so I can pursue my dream of working with the best in the industry, and I will allow my distinctive skills and hard work ethic to contribute towards creating an ever-growing fashion forward brand. I am confident that the creative, authoritative, project management and administrative experience I have developed through my past employment, internships, travel experiences and personal interests will allow me thrive in a full time role working within the London fashion industry.
Work history
StylistREISS
London, United KingdomFull Time
- Exceptional customer service and customer styling, establishing rapport and client relationships
- Achieving and exceeding personal sale targets
- Stock take and Inventory control
- Visual merchandise store on a weekly basis to feature key styles and maintain visual flow
- Corresponding and communicating with head office on a daily basis
- Achieving stores first 100% Mystery Shopper score two weeks after commencing
Design Intern / Fabric Associate
- New York, United StatesInternship
My personal career highlight was the successfully completion of my internship at 3.1 Phillip Lim in New York. I had been commended on my attention to detail, ability to quickly adapt to the fast pace work environment and my efficient and precise completion of the many task involved. This lead to me stepping up to fulfil the role of fabric associate on the design team within two weeks into my internship when the opportunity arose, and I was able to prove to myself that I have the right work ethic, initiative and skill set to thrive in a face paced creative environment.
- Completing fabric purchase orders
- Sourcing, categorising and preparing mill swatches and design boards for meetings
- Creation of colour boards and mood boards used for season inspiration and reference
- Approving colour standards and fabric qualities
- Clear and concise cooperation with other design teams to achieve the desired season looks
- Liaising with production factories and mills to collate fabric details and manufacturing dates
- Maintaining the organisation of company documentations and boards used by the production, buying and marketing departments
- Creating a new more precise organisation and presentation system for fabric swatches
- Assisting in the preparation of New York Fall Fashion Week and working backstage during the show
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Skills
- Fashion Merchandising
- Product Development
- Product Specification
- Technical Packs
- Client Liaising
- Production/project Management
- Fabric Knowledge
- Analysing Trends
- Mood Board
- Womenswear Design
Education
Applied Fashion Design and Technology
- Melbourne, Australia
Equipped me with a skill set and understanding of the whole design process.
- Creative innovation to design women’s wear from a range of inspirations and influences, and to engineer garments that evoke the customers sophisticated style whilst still maintaining the brand identity
- Forecasting and research of current and future trends to develop key looks, themes and colour palettes for collections
- Interpreting the market and trends to range build, suited to the clientel and compant ethos
- Highly competent technical skills in Adobe programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator, Word and Excel
- Understanding, experience and knowledge of fabric composition and properties of stretch and woven fabrics
- Conduct garment fit meetings throughout the design process, applying my garment construction skills to achieve the desired outcome
- Proficient advanced pattern making skills (flat & drape), applying grade rules to styles and digitalising patterns using the Gerber system
- Liaising, communicating and negotiating clearly and efficiently with off-shore manufacturers and suppliers at the best interest of the company
- Development of garment specification sheets and technical packs
- A trustworthy valuable employee with the aptitude to work independently or as part of a team
- Exceptional time management skills to manage critical time lines
- A highly organised, detail orientated and profession work ethos applied to all tasks and respsonsibilites
(hons) high school diploma
- Melbourne, Australia
- School Prefect and Senior House Captain, 2007
- Methodist Ladies College School Magazine Editor 2006 & 2007
- Certificate of distinction for Fashion Design