+ Assistant to senior designer, attend fabric/embroidery/print/beadwork/fit meetings and take appropriate notes.+ Create beadwork and embroidery layouts from concept to production.+ Drape new silhouettes, handcraft embellishment ideas, print layout and sketch for current collection.+ Source new trims, fabric, inspiration and create mood/sketch boards accordingly.+ Organize swatches, purchase orders, embroidery/beadwork layouts.+ Work with local factories to produce first samples and production orders.+ Helped design and create new line of luxury handbags to accompany couture gowns.

+ Organized and create boards with current Ann Taylor styles as well as inspiration boards.+ Prepared scarves, handbags and jewelry for all product meetings.+ Created new system for storing and organizing past seasons.+ Helped in the creation of technical flats for jewelry as well as excel product sheets.

+ Updated and responsible for upkeep of all linesheets and technical packets for multiple current collections.+ Organized and created boards with current styles, fabrics, and inspiration.+ Acted as liaison between departments, dropping off samples, communicating changes to styles etc.+ Prepared garments for fittings and product develop meetings.+ Organized garments and dressed models for line presentation held for Ann Taylor President and head board.

+ Inspected lab dips, prints, and other fabrics for quality and accuracy, made appropriate remarks and notes to achieve best response from mills/textile labs.+ Worked in color library pulling relevant season colors and organize swatches to send to each mill respectively.+ Named styles and designs for current season, set up all design cards for each style as well as fill in all necessary information, such as mill, fabric, colorways, sketches, flats, spec sheets, technical packets, trim sheets, fit notes, color memos and FIS sheets (Fabric Information) + Created corresponding “d” numbers for each named style, as well as creation and maintenance of Excel checklists to track current line’s progress.+ Given inspiration and asked to design attractive embroidery layouts for suiting skirts and jackets.+ Helped dress and organize samples at fittings, collected and packed rejected samples for recent sale.+ Responsible for sending fabric priority emails and other tasks necessary to carry out timely production of goods.

+ Asked to be present and take all notes for each Notte and Couture fitting.+ Assisted design team with sourcing textiles, trims, samples, beadwork, and embroideries.+ Worked with head patternmaker with first samples and model fittings.+ Entrusted with independent work and experimentation for future projects: draping new garment ideas, creating artwork for embroidery, developing new fabric manipulations and sculptural elements for existing garments. + Located new inspirational images for the upcoming season as well as put together mood and fabric boards.+ Responsible for creating and maintaining line-sheets and photography as the groupings developed.+ Collaborated and helped create a handbag and small leather goods for production.+ Hand-sewed finishing touches on couture gowns and helped dress models for the Spring/Summer 2012 Couture, Fall 2012, and Bridal 2012 Runway Shows.

+ Followed instructions on how to develop cohesive and engaging window/store displays through which a task was assigned and expected to be completed independently and without collaboration with other interns. + Worked within the flagship store, providing experience not only in visual and merchandise display but also an intimate look at the inner workings of a store so closely linked to and visited by the CEO of Anthropologie.+ Learned to not only make displays to draw in the customer but also the level of work needed to satisfy the expectations of the heads of major professional International Corporation.