Projects
- Jaeger Lab, Collection 4Collection for Jaeger Lab collection 4 (S/S) - press collection and special pieces capsule for the brand. I draped these pieces and then developed them in 3D before translating with our pattern cutter. Made with beautiful fabrics & trim sourced from Italy and Japan, and made in house by the pattern cutter and tailor & seamstress.
- Jaeger Lab, Collection 3Collection for Jaeger Lab collection 3 (A/W) - press collection and special pieces capsule for the brand. I designed through hand sketching, working from the fabrics sourced from Italian mills. I designed a range of leather pieces for this capsule working with our factory in London. Woven pieces made beautifully in house by the pattern cutter and tailor & seamstress.
- Jaeger Lab, Collection 2Collection for Jaeger Lab collection 2 (S/S) - press collection and special pieces capsule for the brand. This collection took inspiration from the archive. I designed through hand sketching, working from the fabrics sourced from Italian mills and playing with the checks. Made in house by the wonderful pattern cutter and tailor & seamstress.
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Work history
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Freelance Womenswear DesignerKaty Dixon
London, United KingdomFreelance
Freelance design work for clients, including Laain, Sibling Rivalry, Hush, The Edit, Women In Mind and Ivy Park
- Design of mens and womens sustainable range of minimal basics with brand device and graphics
- Facilitating the design and production of sustainable capsule collections for small brands, broadening the product range and consulting on direction.
- Design of collections to brief: Research, mood, drape, development, hand sketching, CADs, colour & fabric and presentation. Development of range, fits, techpacks and liasing with factories in the UK, Europe and Hong Kong. Working on sustainable luxury lounge and nightwear, sportswear and post-natal lounge capsules with technical detailing.
- CADing of range plans and making digital presentations of collections
- Sustainable design, sourcing and production
Senior Fashion DesignerLazy Oaf
- London, United KingdomFull Time
- Designing multi-product collection drops with evolving product
. Working on womenswear, menswear, unisex inc. knitwear, print & graphics, & accessories
- Managing two designers
- Delegation of work and managing the delivery of my teams workload to the creative lead and founder, and all work for factory communication to PD
- Managing the critical path and Notion calendar & lists for design team
- Implementing tools and structure to help the team deliver collections
- Creating direction, colour palettes
& boards from ideation themes for collections, gathering extensive research, designing broadly to range plan and driving newness for the brand
- Mocking up prints and editing
print artworks, creating graphics for clothes
- Creating design packs for all styles including detailed CADs, references, fabric/trim & all artwork scale & info
- Leading fit sessions with PD including womens curve
- Suggesting collaborations, reaching out to and liaising with a growing community of artists and illustrators to deliver artworks for the collections
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Skills
- Creating Moodboards
- Hand Drawing
- Abobe Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Adobe Indesign
- Draping
- Art Direction
- Pattern Cutting
- 3D Development
- Fashion Design
Education
BA (Hons) Fashion Design Womenswear Central Saint Martins (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
First Class Honours
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Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignLeeds College of Art and Design
- Leeds, United Kingdom
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