Coroflot

Resume

COMPANIES
04/08 - Present
Gather No Moss, London, UK
www. gathernomoss.com
Print Designer for Print Studio (Women & Kids)

07/06 - 04/08
Elaine Hooley Design Ltd, London, UK
Print & Apparel Graphic Designer for High Street Fashion supplier / Womenswear. Designs for Allover Print, Placement Print, embellishment and embroidery. Trend, Fabric and Colour research.
Clients include: Next, Warehouse, Oasis, Monsoon, Mothercare, Country Casuals, TU Sainsbury's, Topshop, Designers at Debenhams.

01/06-05/06
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA
www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org
Assisting master printers with printing fabric yardage and wallpaper for visiting artists, screen preparation and organisation of the studio.

06/05-12/05
IDEAL, Fashion Show Room, Berlin
www.ideal-berlin.de
Freelance work, responsible for concept, organisation and communication

01/05- 01/06
Today's Special, own label, Berlin
Limited production of hand printed accessories and t-shirts

12/04 -10/05
Mazooka, Casual Wear Label, Berlin, Germany
www.mazooka.de
Freelance Design work, responsible for concept, graphics/print and development of new fashion line for casual wear label

12/04 -12/05
Best Shop, Berlin
www.bestshop-berlin.de
Part time job as store manager, involved in organising distribution and placing orders, communication, presswork

04/99 - 09/00
Freelance Work, Hamburg
Illustrations of story boards for TV- Productions and styling and location scouting for photographers

EDUCATION

09/03 - 01/05
University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
Winchester School of Art, Southampton, UK
Ensad & Institute Francaise de la Mode, Paris, France
MA Fashion and Textile Design - Distinction

09/00 - 06/03
London College of Fashion, The London Institute, UK
BA hons. Design Technology for the Fashion Industries - 2.1

WORK EXPERIENCE

03/02 & 05 - 10/02
Alison Hume 101, Textile Design, London

04/02 - 05/02
Emma Cook, Fashion Design, London

07/01 - 10/01
Wale Adeyemi, Fashion Design, London

01/00 - 06/00
Fur Sie, Women's Magazine, Hamburg


ET CETERA

09/04 & 11/04
Exhibition, Goethe Institute, Paris & Berlin
'A Cut Above', MA Collection

06/03
Exhibition, London College of Fashion, London
Final Year course degree show

05/03
Graduate Fashion Week, London
Selected to show at the press show

01/02
Group Exhibition, Fashion Space Gallery, London
Bursting Into Bloom Collection

12/01
Interflora, Design Competition, London
Winning entry. Garments were used for advertisement campaign

SKILLS

Design: CADs for textile prints (placement and repeat pattern), strong hand drawing, sketching and illustration skills, computer generated technical fashion drawings, lay-outs, trend boards, great sense of colour

IT: PC & Mac literate. Very proficient use of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, QuarkXpress, Microsoft Office Programs

Print: screen preparation and screen making, different printing methods, sample and placement print, repeat and yardage printing, pigment and dye mixing, fabric dyeing and print finishing, customizing and testing fabrics

Production: Sewing with specialist and industrial machines, hand stitching and tailoring techniques. Good knowledge of flat pattern cutting, grading and draping

Languages: German, English. Good understanding of French