About me
Highly skilled womenswear designer with experience in the luxury industry, working in established fashion houses as well as smaller brands in London and Paris. Recently starting to work freelance and interested in new opportunities.
Work history
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Senior DesignerEmilia Wickstead
- London, United KingdomFull Time
-Collaborating closely with the Creative Director on every aspects of the design process
-Responsible for initial research/seasonal themes/design details/colour palette/knitwear/accessories on main collections and capsules
-Creating mood boards and ensuring they are updated after design meetings
-Sketching from inspiration while adhering to the brand DNA
-Designing in accordance to the range plan and feedback from wholesale team
-Overseeing design handover to the in-house atelier and supervising design briefs to the pattern cutters
-Participating in fittings and prototype reviews, making corrections and suggestions to improve the design
-Overseeing developement of CADs to ensure good communication with in-house atelier and external factories
-Selecting and sourcing fabrics with European suppliers and attending Paris, Milan and London fabric fairs
-Following lab-dips, print strike-offs and special fabric developments
-Overseeing research and development of prints, embroidery (India) and knitwear (Italy)
-Managing interns/design assistants
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Junior DesignerNina Ricci
- Paris, FranceFull Time
-Research for seasonal themes/design details/colour palettes (library/internet/exhibitions/vintage)
-Participating in initial styling sessions from vintage pieces
-Sketching and designing following design brief
-Creating mood boards presented to the Creative Director and Head Designer
-Research of shapes through draping and 3D
-Textile experimentation and finishings
-Participating in fittings and prototype reviews with Creative Director
-Following and briefing flou and tailoring pieces to pattern cutters in the in-house atelier and external factories
-Overseeing textile developments with embroidery manufacturers in India
Skills
- Fashion Design
- Sketching
- Moodboard Creation
- Pattern Cutting
- Textile Design
- Fabric Development
- Print Design
- Draping
- Adobe Photoshop
- Style Direction