Jessica is a textile and knitwear designer, graduate from an MA in knit design at the Royal College of Art.
Born and raised in the Paris region, she moved to London to complete her BA in textile design at Chelsea College of Art, from which she graduated in 2012. Her approach to design is unique and fresh creating innovative designs.
Jessica has been awarded a scholarship from the Queen Elisabeth Scholarship Trust in May 2015. She was also awarded the Texprint Fashion Prize and the Texprint Woolmark Prize in September 2015 at Premiere Vision in Paris.
Work history
Knitwear designer
- Shanghai, ChinaFreelance
Working on seamless circular Santoni machinerie, I was designing knitted textiles and a knitwear collection to showcase to technical potential of the machines.
Knitwear trainee
- Paris, FranceFull Time
General assistant to the Knitwear design team. Knit stitch development and swatching, Photoshop and illustrator artwork, fashion sketching and garment development.
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Skills
- Hand Knitting
- Design Knitwear
- Trend Forecasting
- Colour Materials
- Photoshop
- Abobe Illustrator
- Fashion Illsutartion
- Sketching
- Machine Knitting
- Bilingual French/english
Education
Masters degree in Knit design
London, United Kingdom
Knitted textile and knitwear design.
Awards
Texprint Fashion award
Award presented by Rosita Missoni at Premiere Vision in Paris.Woolmark Texprint award
Award presented by Rosita Missoni at Premiere Vision in Paris.