Reda MERZOUG
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Reda MERZOUG

Menswear / Knitwear DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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Reda MERZOUG
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Reda MERZOUG

Menswear / Knitwear DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Versatile, dedicated, accountable designer w/ 4 year-international-luxury experience with collaborative ethos. Inspired by the dynamics between reactionary fashion & social change ( art, history, activism, youth movements, politics) & knitwear tailoring engineering to design cost-effective meaningful quality clothing.
Projects
  • EASY TARGETS AKA DELERICTION
    EASY TARGETS AKA DELERICTIONEntitled EASY TARGETS, the project is a result of my unconventional fascination for youth culture, activism & english literature. Based on the Dickensian novel «Great Expectations» for its surprsingly modern coming of age quality and the tragic heroic brave revolt of Euromaidan, the collection tries to convey the journey & social challenges of defining one’s identity: Uncertainty about the future, social pressure making us all feel like we should run for president, to be poll-popular, be given c
Work history
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    Co-founder / Head of Design / Production Coordinator / Artistic directorconfidential client info not allowed
    Manchester, United KingdomFreelance
    Lead for launching menswear label.
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    Team LeaderLord John Grey
     - London, United KingdomFreelance
    Floor manager & team leader for Lord John Grey's London pop-up launch at Box Park Shoredtich London.
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Skills
  • Creative Research
  • Global Sourcing
  • Knit Design
  • Fashion Design/patternmaking/construction/dds/illustration
  • Bilingual French/english
  • German Basic
  • Adobe Indesign/illustrator/photoshop
  • Menswear Design
  • Critical Design
  • Analysing Trends
Education
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    Understanding Fashion: from business to culture.Institut Français de la Mode
     - Paris, France
    Fashion and modernity: contemporary relevance, ‘Zeitgeist’, and the desirability of the new. Fashion and society: the concept of trends, social distinction and selection, culture and subcultures. Fashion as a language: decoding silhouettes, the genre of fashion literature and fashion press. Fashion and consumption: fashion and gender, the emergence of ‘lifestyle’, fetishism.
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    Design and FashionAtelier Chardon Savard
     - Paris, France
    MA Menswear/knitwear design -Editorial feature by HFT -Editorial featured by PAP_magazine -Cover & Editorial for Hacid Magazine #27 -Dakar Fashion Trip Exhibition at Les Gobelins, Paris.
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