Grace Baker Email & Phone Number

2013-2015 Consultant to improve fit, technical design and patternmaking. Set up a group of fit models from 34B to 44G to establish a high end fit for the brands Affinitas, Parfait, and private label. Directed a team of patternmakers to improve fit for bras, panties, and babydolls. Reviewed construction and made improvements to sewing to align with high end.

Designed new full figure bras for brand including sourcing new items, patternmaking, fitting, grading, spec development, and quality manuals. Worked with the factory to develop a sample room and process for future development along with improving their quality procedures.

Kennesaw, Georgia

Supervised design and engineering. Worked with sales to merchandise, design and develop a new business, Mia for Amoena, a very full figured woman intimate’s line plus detected product voids and presented designs for the Amoena mastectomy line. Responsibilities included design, engineering, fabrication, costing, color, fit, review of quality of product.

Started Soma for Chico’s. Built business from the ground up with merchandising, design, procedure and quality control for product development and final product. Presented product concepts to Chico’s board for initial store openings. Grew business to over 75 stores in 3 years. Responsibilities included shopping market, development of fabrics and product.

Senior designer for Private Label brands (Target Cherokee, Land's End, Sear's, Victoria Secret, JC Penney's, etc.). Earlier, designer for Vassarette.

Senior Engineer for Murfreesboro Cutting from Sept. 1993 to Sept. 1995. Previous to that Product Development Engineer for new styles produced in the U.S. from June 1999 to Sept. 1993.

Bra designer and grader for the Lovable, Trendsetter, and Celebrity Brands.