Kristyna Toms

Kristyna Toms

Fashion DesignerPrague, Czechia
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Kristyna Toms

Kristyna Toms

Fashion DesignerPrague, Czechia
About me
A fashion designer focusing on tailoring, pattern cutting and construction. Detail-oriented, striving to incorporate minimum waste construction methods, and focused on craftsmanship as well usinng high-quality materials. Masters in Fashion Design from The Swedish School of Textiles, and Bachelor in Fashion Design with Business Studies from University of Brighton. My professional experiences include: interning as a read-to-wear intern at Han Kjøbenhavn for 5 months, 6 months at the tailoring company/textile studio Dashing Tweeds, 5 weeks at a bespoke London-based tailor shop MacAngus & Wainwright and 4 months in the production department at Christopher Raeburn.
Projects
  • Bauhaus : Givenchy mini-project
    Bauhaus : Givenchy mini-projectA mini-collection which manifests the Bauhaus movement; its belief in simplicity and true nature of materials. Designed as a project for the fashion house of Givenchy, I designed a womenswear tailored collection with attention to detail and importance of textiles.
  • Eastern Bloc - Graduate Collection
    Eastern Bloc - Graduate CollectionThe collection Eastern Bloc is an exploration of the Czechoslovak culture when it was under the Communist regime in the 1970s – when all essential goods including fabrics and clothing were scarce and designers were required to find inventive ways to make clothes out of the little available. 1970s was a monotone period in the country, the grey eroding stone walls of the capital Prague juxtaposing with the bright, uniform colour palette of beige, green, brown, blue and red in people’s fashion perf
Work history
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    Ready-to-wear InternHan Kjøbenhavn
     - Copenhagen, DenmarkInternship
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    Studio InternLaformela
     - Prague, CzechiaInternship
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Skills
  • Pattern Cutting
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Fashion Design
  • Embroidery
  • Technical Drawing
  • Illustration
  • Sketching
  • Styling
  • Tailoring
  • Sewing
Education
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    BA(Hons) Fashion Design with Business StudiesUniversity of Brighton
    58-67, Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 0JY, UK
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    Masters degree in Fashion DesignThe Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås
     - Borås, Sweden