Ivel Leatheam

Designing current Spring 2018 line, tops and bottoms
Creating textile designs
Communicating with offshore vendors
Creating specs, tech packs and fittings

Designed sweaters, dresses, skirts, knit tops, prints and fleece Wrote tech packs, lead fittings with model and patternmakers Met and communicated daily with off shore vendors Travelled abroad for design research Managed assistant

Juniors Sportswear Designer, Graphics Designer Designed over 400 tee shirt designs, some selling over 10,000 units Designed woven tops, technical jackets, pants and denim Designed prints and put into factory repeats, press checks with printers Assisted swim department with prints and colorways Met and communicated daily with off shore vendors Travelled abroad for design research Assisted pattern makers with fittings and tech packs

GapKids Girls Textile CAD designer Met with print and vintage fabric vendors, along with design director chose designs for Gap Kids Girls division Made colorways and repeats Printed fabric on roller printer for samples Freelance: Martha Stewart Home Assisted design director with style boards Made colorways and repeats Ralph Lauren Home Put vintage fabric into repeat and made colorways for bedding line Target boys division Created original print designs for boardshorts, made colorways and repeats *