Celeste Knight Email & Phone Number

Manager of all samples used at Vineyard Vines across all department and seasons.

Greater New York City Area

• Men's and Women’s Woven, Chaps Sportswear
• Managed existing materials and seasonal material developments.
• Led efforts to identify opportunities to leverage and consolidate core fabrics across brands.
• Collaborated cross functionally with design team, merch team and production team to ensure the best product isproduced, keeping in line with our corporate calendar and overseas offices.
• Created and manage direct relationships with mills and vendors to partner on material consolidation andresearching new materials.
• Identify pricing opportunities and negotiate fabric price points with mills and in partnership with production team tosupport brand goals.

New York, New York, United States

• Lauren Dress Division
• Sourced new fabrics in coordination with senior manager for design team each season, bringing a fresh newoutlook while maintaining brand aesthetic and competitive price point.
• Created and manage all fabric development status in fabric tracking chart.
• Nurtured and maintain strong relationships with Fabric Vendors.
• Assisted the costing team in reviewing all fabric prices.
• Ordered all lab dips, strike offs and proto/sales sample yardage PO’s.

New York, New York, United States

• Chaps Dress Division
• Scheduled mill appointments and fabric meetings.
• Reviewed sample yardage at development stage to make adjustments to color and quality for production.
• Received, sorted, and organized all incoming packages from suppliers, vendors, and overseas offices.
• Communicated daily with overseas vendors on fabric quality, lab dip, and hand-loom/strike off comments fromteam and communicated regularly with production and design team.
• Maintained and approved all fabric invoices.

New York, New York, United States

• American Living
• Pulled fabric selections for seasonal line plan and prepared all color/fabric boards for concept meetings.
• Managed tailoring chart and seasonal development books and organized incoming samples.
• Corresponded daily with overseas office and design team.