Tara Moresi Email & Phone Number

United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

•Sole designer for all juniors’ footwear brands (Arizona, Decree, & City Streets) and all children's brands (Arizona Girls, Arizona Boys, Total Girl). (approx: $47,000,000+ retail in direct footwear) •Build a tight cohesive line that stays true to each individual brand while meeting the merchants’ needs for volume of product. The line must be fashionable, high quality, but fit within costs to yield appropriate profit margins. (on average the product maintains a 60%-95% sell-thru, with at least a 70% profit margin)•Evolve the footwear brands each season and bring new design elements. •Keep abreast of the latest footwear trends for speed-to-market items.•Conduct market research on emerging trends throughout the US and Europe.•Travel to China to work with the production team on product development. (fitting & correcting prototypes and lasts, shopping the material market, walking the factory lines, working with factories on material development)•Communicate in a detailed manner with the liaisons in China and Taiwan, and the China factories on fit and pattern corrections. (approving confirmation samples, approving strike offs & colorbands, approving outsole blueprint for design, etc)•Create detailed spec packages. (detailed instruction on modifications to lasts, heel shapes, outsole design patterns, material specifications, etc)•Present developed product for seasonal kickoff and style outs •Work with the Sourcing Team to set the design calendar for each season, get effective product costing while maintaining design aesthetic, etc

Greater Los Angeles Area

•Designed the juniors’ footwear brand Dirty Laundry and Chinese Laundry, which had revenues exceeding (approx: $5,000,000 retail)•Created detailed product spec packages.•Worked cross-functionally with Technical Designers and the China team on lasts, heels, etc..•Created technical sketches as well as used hand sketching, Illustrator, and Photoshop to convey design ideas. •Communicated in a detailed manner with the China factories on fit and pattern corrections. •Kept abreast of the latest footwear trends for speed-to-market items.•Traveled to China and India to work with the production team on product development.•Conducted market research on emerging trends throughout the US and Europe•Represented the company in industry events (i.e. FFaNY, WSA, and MAGIC)

Greater Los Angeles Area

•Maintained inventory and distribution of all samples to representatives, key accounts, PR, catalogue shoots, promotional, and photo shoots. •Assisted Head Designer with trend research and print pattern developments.•Created a virtual line and concept boards for design meetings using Photoshop.•Communicated in a detailed fashion with the factories in Italy.•Developed new fabrics treatments and leather for upcoming line.•Ensured sample shipment schedules were met.•Collaborated with out-sourced photographers & graphic designers to create product line sheets for the Men’s and Women’s lines each season.•Assisted in creating spec packages for sample production.

Ba, Theater Arts, Sign Language Interpreting

Aa, Fashion Design

* Started networking group to connect students with working stylists in Los Angeles area * Attended 8-day styling workshop in Las Vegas.