Gift Chowchuvech

The Frye Company - Design
Kate Spade - Illustration & technical packages
Urban Outfitters - Handbag design & CADs
Evie Bett - Handbag collection development from concept to finish
Mary Frances Accessories - Handbag & embellishment design
Intercontinental Leathern Industries Inc. - Handbag collection design & packages
Proctor & Gamble via Smart Fusion - Wall illustrations for pop-up store
Tank Industries - Product illustration
Old Navy - Flat sketching & print design
FOB New York - Fashion illustrations & logo development

Developed new vendor partnerships for higher quality deliverables.
Partnered with merchandising on line building and interpreting emerging trends.
Owned and led seasonal accessory trend presentation meetings.
Traveled to China to work with factories and shopped Europe for trend inspiration.
Designed handbags, belts, soft accessories, shoes and jewelry as needed per season.
Directed trend for all accessory categories: jewelry, handbags, shoes, belts,

Independently traveled to China seasonally to develop new styles.
Created new grading specs for belts and developed and researched new PU and fabric raw materials.
Set print direction specific for bags and belts, collaborated with graphics director for branding ideas for bags.
Researched vintage and emerging trends in bags and belts, presented design concepts; sketched and developed specs.
Lead designer for AEO bags and belts, as well as directly managed a designer.

Assisted in footwear, soft accessories and belt design as needed.
Traveled overseas to China and Korea to work with factories on style development and production, raw material development, and embellishment research.
Owned all post adoption approvals for design intention and specifications.
Designed proprietary hardware, created technical specs, researched and developed new embellishment treatments.
Developed and designed handbags and collection specific small leather goods seasonally to compliment the Banana Republic women’s apparel line.

Developed and set print direction for each season from initial stages to finished collections for knits, wovens and sweaters.
Created original prints and produced repeats and colorways for prints and yarn dyes.
Participated in color development for each season.
Researched, catalogued and translated vintage prints to enhance emerging print trends for market group.
Directly managed an assistant designer.

Researched and developed new applications for prints and graphics.
Collaborated with designers to create original graphics and illustrations.
Created new prints, repeats, patterns and yarn dyes for women’s apparel and color matched seasonal color palettes.
Translated hand sketches to vector files and color filled bodies for presentation.

Developed and instructed Papermaking course and an English for Business course for senior high school students.
Co-instructed elements of design, painting, drawing and printmaking at the junior high and high school level.
Taught an outreach session with the papermaking students at a juvenile center.
Prepared students for English language competitions.
Coached a squad of cheerleaders for basketball season.