Kim Thomas Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

I am excited to announce that I am representing Danfield's extensive leather collection to prospective buyers of leathers in the Fashion and Interiors industries. Utilizing the skills I have gained working for nearly 20 years in the footwear and accessory manufacturing world, I am know able to provide our high quality leathers to our current and rapidly.

Los Angeles, California, United States

* Connecting designers with high end American footwear production.

Greater Los Angeles Area

* As a consultant my roles include design guidance, sample development, material and component sourcing, factory relations, footwear production and pricing. * Each consulting project has its' own individual needs so my services can range from maximum to minimum involvement from client to client.* I have worked with both mens' and womens' footwear including.

Redondo Beach, CA

By working closely with the designer of this new brand, "Mi Capri" shoes, I lent out my experience and education with designing, sampling and producing footwear. We took Carrie's designs and mixed them with my technical knowledge and Los Angeles factories and suppliers and created a stunning debut collection for Spring 2011.

Lead team member responsible for factory planning, production and employee management of the Los Angeles, CA footwear factory, Clover & Cobbler. Day to days include:-Working with private label brands to bring their designs to life through sample development.-Production planning and management of ship dates. -Maintaining raw material inventory levels.

Calabasas, California, United States

* Sourced and connected all local footwear material houses to designers and developers.* Built materials room: Organized, labelled and stocked all materials.* Staffed prototype lab with local artisan shoemakers.* Day to day included communicating design details between designer & engineers, working with Rhino 3D printing, creating spec sheets and line.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Jen + Kim Shoes was a collection of made to measure footwear crafted in Los Angeles. Each pair sold went directly to the customer as to properly handle the unique customizations the brand allowed on each style in the collection. Customers picked from the fit tested silhouettes and then had the ability to customize that silhouette with the material and.

Greater Los Angeles Area

* Handled all development of samples and production on this vegan collection. * Worked with various materials to keep this collection eco-friendly (water based glues, non leather outsoles, Italian synthetic leather, vintage fabrics, reclaimed wood and hardware.) * Worked hand in hand with the heel manufacturer on hand carved wood heels to create shapes.

Jen + Kim shoes expanded and collaborated with Coloriffics to launch Jen + Kim for Coloriffics. Spring 2011 was the debut of the collection. It was followed by a Holiday 2012 Collection as well. Its' higher price point allowed me to bring the high fashion aesthetic of Jen + Kim Shoes to the bridal world. See my work on Coroflot here.

Laguna Beach, CA

After consulting on the Spring 2010 collection and designing the Fall 2010, Spring + Fall 2011 and Spring 12' collections, I developed the Fall 2012 collection. Starting with research and trending I moved forward into silhouette and pattern design to bring this company my on-trend design aesthetic that merged seamlessly with their high technology.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Designed private label product for labels such as White House Black Market, Skechers, Sears and Laundry List. My process took all of the designs through the sampling process and then onto various meetings with developers and buyers from each company to cull and complete each collection. Inspiration was taken from each labels current offerings (color.

Greater Los Angeles Area

As my first job with my footwear degree I was exposed to the industry at a factory level. I worked to bring the designs of legendary footwear designer Fred Slatten to life. I took each design through the sampling process and worked at our in house factory to order the correct materials and build product that matched his designs. I also worked on the.

Associate Of Arts, Footwear Design

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Fashion Merchandising

Associate Of Arts, Fashion Merchandising And Management

Bachelor Of Science, Fashion Merchandising