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★ Advanced Footwear Designer ★

Hester Vlamings

Amsterdam, Netherlands
hestervlamings.com
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    Objective:

    Results driven all-round Senior Designer / Line Builder and Product Developer with exceptional achievement in ladies, (mens+kids) fashion and sports footwear used to a position which can fully utilize fashion forward thinking. Almost 30 years of design experience and highly finessed marketing, management and product presentation skills.

    Career Summary:

    -Innovative thinker with proven ability to understand evolving consumer footwear needs and able to identify cutting edge marketing opportunities

    -Skilled product developer with an international understanding of innovative materials, new manufacturing technologies including as well as traditional last improvement, sole development, moccasin, stitch down, san crispin, california, goodyear, vulcanised

    -Highly knowledgeable in all aspects of footwear design and creation,

    including: trend spotting, research, sourcing, presentation, handdrawings, Illustrator, specifications, tech-packs, and final sample approvals.

    - Knows where the shoe pinches: fit-testing, corrections.

    -Experienced in recruiting, training, and managing design and development staff

    Qualifications:

    As a senior designer/linebuilder/developer I use rather a classic approach in fashion. My goal is to locate a trend in an early stage and use my skills to translate the trend properly into the brand style of the company.

  • Education
    • Master Fashion Marketing
      Fashion Business School TMO, Doorn
      1996 - 1997
      Fashion Marketing 10-stage Buying plan Analytics Rangebuilding DETEX- leather and synthetic knowledge International Trade
    • degree in Shoe Technics by hand
      DHTA, Den Bosch - now Utrecht
      1986 - 1990
      modelling, paper patterns, crafts (clicking by hand: cemented, stitchdown, goodyearwelted, moccasin, strobelen) lastmaking, heel-making, sanding soles.
    • BA Fashion- and Industrial Design
      ARTEZ, Academy of Arts Arnhem
      1984 - 1989
      Focus on vision, ambition and innovation Experimental labs for high- and low tech. Collection-design and development of researchprojects. Design the world of tomorrow with an experimental and critical view. Innovative orders and exceptional interns International teachers
    • Internship Cinderella (retailer)
      Cinderella
      1988 - 1989
      making customer-profiles. deviding the collection with the Bock & Decker Barometer visiting fairs visiting trendseminars designing commercial but exceptional footwear
  • Experience
    • Dress Casual Sportive
      FREELANCE
      Gaastra_ * sportive fashion forward * research (info-tour/WGSN) sourcing/working factories (Asia/Portugal) design and development of collection Ladies & Kids
    • UK ** Sportswear brand * Research
      Rucanor ** Sportswear brand * Research source design and develop seasonal collections Yellow Cab ** Casual brand * Research source design and develop seasonal collections Hi-Tech source, design and presentation trends Hester Vlamings - own collection*Design/Developer/Sales * Design brand, no fashion * Produ- ced in Portugal * www.hestervlamings.com AMFI Teaching footweardesign & product management
    • Design Manager * Managed design & product develop
      Napolina / Jimmy Joy
      Kaatsheuvel, United States
      ment for women's & kids comfort shoes and special sizes * Refreshed the target group with a new image and strategy * Successfully developed branded line with an appeal to specialty boutiques and high end retailers * Production trips to Spain & Italy. * Invented new footwear technology based on traditional ones.
    • Developer / Product Developer * Redefined the collections of Adams Boots
      UFA United Footwear Association
      Leimuiden (MAG - Adam's Boots - Marlboro) Concept, Marlboro Classics & Mag * Designed, developed and sourced all categories of fashionable comfort Footwear * Sole- & last development, handcrafted. * Production trips to Spain
    • 10/3 Cloud Dancer 11-4201 TPX
      Present
      1305 TPX metal buckle 20 mm dull silver metal eylet 25 mm ø dull silver Normal stitching '30/3 matching to upper Heavy stitching Zigzag stitching eyestay '10/3 Cloud Dancer 11-4201 TPX 30 mm wide Zigzag stitching heel '10/3 Cloud Dancer 11-4201 TPX Lining Pigskin: Cloud Dancer 11-4201 TPX Lining insock Pigskin: Cloud Dancer 11-4201 TPX
    • UPDATE
      STRA, United States
      AA Gaastr G 9 cm Designer Hester Vlamings GAASTRA FOOTWEAR HESTER VLAMINGS design management production F O O T W E A R HESTER VLAMINGS design management production F O O T W E A R
    • Assistant Line Builder
      Dijkmans
      Waalwijk, United States
      Bronx for Branded Division * Assisted line builder with seasonal designs, sketches and colour boards * Created individualized line sheets and detailed specifications for high end retailers * Production trips to Italy
    • Freelance designer. Gained experience
      * ZOO, Dr. Martens, Trend design, Memo, Bad Boys, McGregor, Sacha, Cinderella, Shoeba- loo, Catja, Tiramisu, Fred de la Bretoniere Accomplishments * SEM - supports starting young fashion designers, member of board * SLEM - Shoes & Leather Business association, member of board *
    • Fashion Centre Nieuwegein - input Young Fashion
      * Teaching footwear design HESTER VLAMINGS design management production F O O T W E A R FALL WINTER 2012 2013 FOOTWEAR PROGNOSE BOARD NEW & NEW & COMMERCIAL NOT COMMERCIAL 10% new devellopment 20% predicted fashion 30% 30% actual fashion SAME 2-TONE actual fashion AS BLUE TWEED COAT 40% NICE SOLE commercial basics ICONIC THE NEXT HYPE . OK, UGLY! BUT WILL SELL LIKE HELL Iconic footwear -strong, simple, comfort, image -will be copied as hell TIE 'N DIE -started as 10% new devellopment DISCO -takes 5 year to grow as a 'classic' one SNEAKER chuck tailor/ roots/uggs/croscs/ etc. . TRANSLATE ! IN G-SUS 40% commercial basics FALL WINTER 2012 2013 example idea HESTER VLAMINGS design management production F O O T W E A R HAND SKECHES HESTER VLAMINGS design management production F O O T W E A R Bestseller 1997 Mag Megamocs -copied like hell Bestseller 2003 Hub Footwear Bestseller 2011 Gaastra Footwear "the Knot" Knot-detail is copied by ao: -Tommy Hilfiger -Gant HESTER VLAMINGS design management production F O O T W E A R DRAWING ON A LAST SAMPLECARD Factory (TURKIJE) Development nr. Season Zomer 2010 Date Article nr. 0 Last AURA Sizerange width E-G-H Combi A Combi B Combi C Combi D Code BLACK BROWN BORDO TAUPE Upper 1 Bruchiato Black sevimli Bruchiato 2100 Parelmoer 37 )lisa Tucci Carcalhos cristallino776 Upper 2 Upper 3 Upper 4 Upper 5 Upper 6 Lining Silver Silver Silver Silver Footbedlining Silver Silver Silver Silver Footbed Insole Backcounter Stitching nr. tst tst tst tst Heavy stitching A nr. Heavy stitching B nr. Sole A Prefabricated into smart Sole B Heel S404 30 878 Black S404 30 878 Black S404 30 878 Black S404 30 878 Black Sole C Sole D Eyelets
    • Buckle
      Waalwijk, United States
      Oxidade Old Gold Silver Silver Lace Velcro tst tst tst tst Ornaments Branding footbed Livingstone stamp Black Black Black Black Branding upper Branding upper Remarks Samplerequest PIECE / SIZE WIDTH HESTER VLAMINGS HERBST/WINTER 2013/14 design management production 2012-10-24 Sole O T W F O design E A R design 1 SA
    • HERBST/WINTER 2013/14
      ER
      ND
      Sole design B Drop in Line design 1 A 2 mm 2 mm SA ALLA AMMA A ND DEER R B HESTER VLAMINGS design management production F O O T W E A R OF 4 PAGE 1 Footwear Product Range - Spring Summer 2012 PHASE 1ST SAMPLE LAST Walk in the Park SIZE 38 - Upper material 1 leather Plaza Taupe
    • Goertz.de_ * Head-of-Design * Sourcing factories Asia/Portugal/Italy
      PERMANENT
      troubleshooting, buisiness-devellopment, brand-devellopment, range-building, design.
    • SA
      MA
    • Outsole
      Sand, United States
      Present
      - 1334 TPX DNA logo the Park GAASTRA DNA heel webbing 1o mm x 10 mm + zig-zag: Cloud Dancer 11-4201 TPX 10 mm 12 stitches per inch
    • 1154 TPX
      11-4201 TPX
      Present
    • 1305 TPX
      Present
    • GLAZED GINGER
      TPX Cloud Dancer
      Present
      1334 PLAZA TAUPE SAND
  • Awards

    Design Award Eindhoven - wrap pump

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    • Footwear
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    • 3D Modeling
    • Footwear
    • Design Research
    • Illustrator
    • InDesign
    • Photoshop
    • Product Design
    • Product Development
    • Sketching
    • Trend Research
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