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London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Multi product garment technician managing performance tops and developing a new lifestyle collection including mix of wovens, jersey, knitwear, outerwear, dresses and bottoms. Leads fit sessions including trips to New York to fit SRS with the lifestyle design team. This involves having an in depth knowledge of the collection including testing for new.

London, United Kingdom

Manage garment development for Womenswear Woven Tops on Woven Softs product area. Create initial design packs consisting of comprehensive measurement spec and construction sheet.Lead fit sessions to ensure fit is good and making suggestions on construction details or cost solutions.Send fit comments - following fits send comprehensive fit comments to.

• Working closely with the design team to source a range of fabrics and trims. This included trips to Premiere Vision Paris and the London Textiles Fair.
• Building good working relationships with oversees and local fabric and trims suppliers.
• Ordering and shipping fabrics and trims from mills to factories based prodominently in the UK, Portugal and Poland.
• Liasing with factories to ensure that the production schedule was met and the finished product was of the high quality standard expected.
• Keeping track of orders, invoices and payments.
• Communicating with the studio team, including two designers, production manager and two in house pattern cutters, to ensure that alterations through the development stage are followed through.

• I was a studio intern at Holly Fulton in the run up to London Fashion Week. This involved working in a busy, high pressure environment where I was entrusted to be efficient and communicate with the rest of the team to.
• Running errands to suppliers, manufacturers and clients
• Hand sewing
• Cutting samples
• Working out efficient lay plans in order to be most cost effective.
• Working backstage at the London Fashion Week show, doing minor last minute sewing alterations, dressing the models.

• Worked as a studio intern throughout the summer becoming a key member of the team and being entrusted with a variety of tasks. I worked closely with the Product Developer and Production Manager using my natural.
• Assisting with the freelance pattern cutter to make alterations
• Sewing sample toiles
• Liaising with manufacturers and suppliers to get updates on lead times
• Keeping track of fabric and trim delivery dates to coordinate with production schedule
• Using CAD skills to make factory docket

Ba Fashion Atelier, Fashion/Apparel Design

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