Gary Winston Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Ga

o Head over all men’s product design supporting the overall vision of Sid Mashburn, GQ’s “#1 Men’s Store in America”. The Mashburn brand operates 5 Men’s & Women’s stores across the US with $25M in annual sales.o Responsible for establishing seasonal concepts & big ideas for monthly delivery groups, setting color, print and style direction for all Men’s product categories including Tailored Jackets/Suits/Shirting, Tops, Bottoms, Outerwear, Neckwear, Shoes, Accessories, Belts, and Leather goods for both Sid Mashburn & 3rd Party branded product.o Responsible for presenting designs, big ideas, sketches, & prototypes directly to CEO.o Conceptualize, develop, & execute product designs to achieve overall product strategy & merchandising objectives for Mashburn, LLC.o Manage the design process from market research, seasonal concept presentation, color direction, fabric selection, & style design to final fittings.o Provide direction to sourcing partners for all fabric research and developments.o Responsible for all technical aspects of design & product development from initial tech pack, fittings, specs/grading to final production.o Work closely with Master Tailor to insure fit consistency and raise quality standards in production.o Collaborate with WEB Creative team on color naming for all Sid Mashburn products.o Responsible for the design & presentation of all outside collaborative projects and strategic wholesale partnerships for the Sid Mashburn brand.o Conceptualize, set-up, and present product "store sets"- an all-company monthly meeting to inform store teams on visual merchandising direction, concept inspiration, and specific product knowledge.o Travel to work with factories across Italy (Sicily, Milan, Como, Florence, Rome).o Attend fashion/lifestyle/textile trade shows each season in Milan, Paris, Frankfurt, & New York.

o Conceptualized and founded the Winston Provisions brand- a collection of hand made selvedge denim jeans, tailored shirts, home goods, and a line of accessories including bags, aprons, ties, belts, EDC's, & hardwares.o Responsible for product design, pattern making, fabric/trim sourcing, manufacturing of all products, and all aspects of branding including marketing, website design, & product photography.

o Founded the ever/after brand- a line of premium knit wear for adults and kids sold at over 75 boutiques across the US, Italy, and Japan including Barneys NY and www.everafterclothing.com.o Design (from concept to final product) & produce seasonal product lines with vendors in Mexico, Peru, & Guatemala.o Responsible for sketch, creation of tech packs (including technical construction & graded specs), fabric/trim sourcing, hands-on approval for cut/sew & dyeing, website design, lifestyle photography, product photography, press, marketing, construction of design studio, design & construction of large format marketing build-outs, tradeshow booths, showroom environment, fixtures, & POP displays.o Presented line to wholesale accounts.o Created a unique “not just for profit” business model where 25% of the net profit is donated to non-profit partner charities to help change the story of those in need.o Sold company in June of 2015.

Beverly Hills, Ca

Brand President of LAMB & FLAG: (February 2012- August 2012)Vice President of LAMB & FLAG: (October 2010 - February 2012)o View Brand Video at- https://vimeo.com/42304382o Creative Director with bottom line financial accountability for the Lamb & Flag brand.o Created the Lamb & Flag concept from ground up consisting of 3 brick & mortar stores and an ecommerce site.o Hired & managed a team of 10 consisting of Design, Tech Design, Product Development, Production, Buying, & Operations.o Responsible for Store Builds- overall Design & Layout, Fixture Design, Material Sourcing, Creative Elements, direction/approval of Shop Drawings, & working directly with Architect & Sub-Contractors. Store Operations- Visual Merchandising, Sales/Promotions, Store Experience elements. Ecommerce- overall Site Concept, Site Map, Visual Product Layout, & Direction for Product Photography & Video. Marketing- overall conceptual direction for seasonal Lifestyle Photo & Video Shoots, Dressing Room Video, Model Castings, and all in-store GWP & Packaging elements. Product- Head over Design & Merchandising of all private label & third party branded product.

Anaheim, Ca

o Bottom Line financial accountability for the $100.0M JRs Bottoms Division (2007-2009) & the $38.0M Swimwear division (2007-2008)o Drove JR’s Bottoms department double-digit positive comps every month from May 2007 through April 2009.o Responsible for both the merchandising of private label product and buying of branded product for all of JRs Bottoms.o Worked closely with Sales Reps and Designers from local Southern California surf/skate/lifestyle brands to curate a product assortment that was fashion right for our customer.o Traveled to China & Vietnam to design Fall 2008 & Fall 2009 Denim washes & negotiate costing.o Key role in the design & fit of the denim assortment for all seasons. Designed & developed the Fall 2008 Denim Trim package (labels, zipper pull, hardware, pocket bags, paper marketing).

New Albany, Ohio

o Bottom Line financial accountability for the $70.0M Abercrombie & Fitch and Ruehl Mens denim departments.o Lead cross functional team of 28 people across Merchandising, Visual, Design, Tech Design, Planning, Sourcing & Allocation.o Point person to CEO for both divisions. Responsible for daily communication and presentations of product and plan.o Successfully trained and promoted 7 direct reports.o Work with vendors in Mexico, Turkey, China, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala and LA. Travel extensively to monitor and approve production.o Extensive experience in the product development, design, sourcing, and production (cut/sew/dry process/wash) of male denim. Merchant- Hollister Dudes & Abercrombie Boys Denim (May 2005 – May 2006) Associate Merchant- Hollister Dudes Denim (May 2004 – May 2005) Assistant Merchant- A&F Mens & Abercrombie Boys 5-pkt bottoms (May 2003–May 2004) Brand Representative- Abercrombie & Fitch Stores (August 2002 – April 2003)