About me
I am an experienced Woven Textiles Designer with a First Class Honours degree who has worked for Burberry, Rare Thread and Unique Style Platform. I have an interest in strong colour, innovative materials and contemporary trends.
I am looking to gain more experience within the Fashion and Textiles industry focusing on design, buying, colour and material trends.
Projects
- Urban StripeMy final major project has drawn inspiration from Brutalist architecture, exploring the structure, shape, and form of the regular, gridded concrete surfaces of the buildings. Inspired by the dull, grey neutral tones from the Brutalist structures with the contrasting brighter, neon pops of colour developed from Bridget Riley’s stripe paintings and Sandra Blow’s collages. The collection focuses on striped and block draft warps, creating a diverse collection of varied scales of striped, checked an
Work history
Colour Trend Assistant InternUnique Style Platform
- London, United KingdomInternship
- Worked on the colour trends for S/S 21 for a specialist client
- Made colour cards/swatch packs for clients
- Uploaded and made posts for the USP website
- Made layouts on photoshop for catwalk trend reports for the USP website
- Attended a colour brainstorm meeting, researching for A/W 21/22 colour trends
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Studio Assistant InternRare Thread
- London, United KingdomInternship
- Weaved samples on ARM looms ranging from fancy tweeds to S/S shirting fabrics
- Assisted weaving Jacquard pieces on TC2 loom
- Warping, setting up ARM looms
- Mounted and presented samples to go to Premierevision
- General errands and organisation of the studio
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Skills
- Textiles
- Woven Design
- Woven Textiles
- Trend Analysis
- Textiles Design
Education
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Bachelor of Arts (BA) The University of Brighton
- Brighton, United Kingdom
Textiles with Business Studies
Woven Textiles
First Class Honours
Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom