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Senior Tailoring & Outerwear Designer
New World
London, United Kingdom
Jul 2013 - Present (10 years 9 months)
• Specializing in young trend-driven product. Working across Forever 21, New Look & Peacocks accounts
• Researching and presenting new trends, key shapes and development samples to Buyers. Constant communication with Buyers to maintain good relationship
• Sourcing innovative new fabrics, trims and reference samples. Developing new qualities with fabric suppliers in the Far East.
• Excellent market knowledge from researching new brands, following blogs, regular Shop Reports and Catwalk analysis
• Actioning development samples, creating spec packs and maintaining daily communication with Merchandisers in Vietnam
• Approving toiles to ensure accurate high quality first samples to meet customer deadlines
• Amending designs following on from fit sessions and updating Merchandisers with any changes to ensure Production samples are correct
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Designer
Caesar Fashions
London, United Kingdom
Mar 2012 - Jan 2013 (10 months)
• Designing Tailoring & Outerwear for Primark, Penneys, New Look, Dorothy Perkins and M & Co accounts
• Presented ideas, sketches and showroom range samples to customers
• Visited print, fabric and trim suppliers to source exciting new qualities
• Designed and developed embellishments
• Worked closely alongside in-house team of Pattern Cutters to ensure accurate initial samples
• Reacted quickly to trends, fast turn around of samples and European production
• Responsible for sending fabric sampling, trims and pattern to Sample Maker and chasing return of samples to meet deadlines
• Helped secure new business with Penneys and M & Co accounts
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Temporary Designer
Dahlia
Sep 2011 - Dec 2011 (3 months)
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Temporary Multi-Product Designer
Yumi
Feb 2011 - Apr 2011 (2 months)
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Jerseywear Designer
Yilmaz Textile
Mar 2010 - Jun 2010 (3 months)
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Assistant Knitwear & Jersey Designer
Laura Ashley
Sep 2007 - Mar 2010 (2 years 6 months)
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Design Assistant
Network Clothing, London
Jan 2007 - Aug 2007 (7 months)