Joshua Riches

Joshua Riches

Head of Swatch and Sample DepartmentLondon, United Kingdom
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Joshua Riches

Joshua Riches

Head of Swatch and Sample DepartmentLondon, United Kingdom
Projects
  • Alfa Romeo
    Alfa RomeoThe project was to design a capsule collection for the company based on the Alfa Romeo 'Mito' car. The basis of the project was for the clothes to be easily worn for different occasions; to be diverse and to transform. I took this concept literally, and designed a set of garments for a woman that could quite literally be taken apart and put back together again using the clean lines laser-cutting could give and well-designed pattern-cutting. I was received into the semi-final round.
Work history
    Head of Fabric Swatch Department
    - Supervising the sampling of luxury fabrics to send to important international clients - Advising directors and colleagues on colour matching and alternative qualities for clients - Training new colleagues and interns - Managing, updating and archiving the vast and ever-growing library of fabrics - Creating graphic work for mailers - Illustrating my own designs for visualisations of garments in specified fabrics - Managing and updating the company social media pages in my spare time
    Intern Assistant Pattern Cutter
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    - Deconstructed complex draped first toiles by the designer to create flat-patterns - Communicated directly with the designer and the Head Pattern Cutter - Constructed toiles and assisted at every fitting to be advised how to edit the pattern - Worked directly with Sruli Recht to pattern-cut and entirely hand-sew the showpiece - Created fabric manipulation samples from the designer’s ideas
Skills
  • Fashion
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Critic
  • Journalism
  • Fine Art
  • Design
  • Creative
  • Fabric
  • Pattern Making
  • Sewing
  • Illustrator
  • Office
  • Photoshop
  • Word
Education
    Fashion Design
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    Design, pattern cutting, drape, IT skills
    Art and Design
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    Art, design, textiles, print