Olivia Ricketts Email and Phone Number

Creatively leading across brands. Adapting the creative journey between clients, projects and seasons. Both hands on and overseeing – Research, design development, technical specifications, colour & material allocation. Working across Accessories categories such as – leather goods, Jewellery, Eyewear, watches & Hair accessoriesClients including — Sacai, Shinola, Hillier Bartley, J&M Davidson, Tiffany, Marc Jacobs, Sophia Webster, Hillier London, Chloe, Richardson, AHKAH, Liberty, Lulu lemon & Asprey.

One-to-one tutorials with students in their first and second years of there RCA Masters. Using my experience in the industry to guide and advice the students creatively in their personal projects.

During this placement I worked with the design team to producethe S/S 2010 catwalk collection. My duties included working with thepattern cutters (helping with cutting patterns and fabrics) and workingwith the design team on samples, toile’s and then final garments —which included a lot of intricate hand sewing and beading.

During this one year placement I worked with the Accessories team,assisting with the main and catwalk collections for A/W 2010, S/S 2011and the beginning of A/W 2011. My duties included helping with thedaily running of the studio, assisting with the design specificationsthat would be sent to factories (and then helping to make correctionsfor second and third prototypes), visual research, illustrative tasks(such as the London Fashion Week bag), work for prints, drawingsof bags, design presentations and creating scale drawings usingAdobe Illustrator. Towards the end of the placement I also shadoweddesign meetings and took visual notes in terms of any corrections tobe made to the accessories.

This placement involved working closely with designers and techniciansto produce the A/W 2009 Womenswear collection. I was involvedin experimenting with fabrication samples, ongoing research for thedesign team, assisting with daily studio tasks, making up toiles andhelping the technicians to complete final garments.