Rini Merdjanov

Assist designer for women's team. Created, managed, and maintained all line-sheets, designed for women's sportswear and active wear lines, sketching, trend and brand research, SMS sample tracking & logging, CADS, specialty details pages & hand-off pages for tech design, fabric cards, all development and production color approvals, bulk fabric approvals, fittings, all over seas factory communication, trim & embellishment sourcing, worked closely with local dye and treatment houses, wash tests, fabric tests, spec'd sample garments, mood boards, fabric boards, fabric costing logs, sustainable fabric sourcing, print appointments, purchasing of all prints and logging of all rights/ licensing, inspiration shopping & returns, expense reports.

Brand research, sketching, designing, draping, fittings, PD system, CADS, engineered print placement, collaborative work with R & D Color team as well as digital team, ordering of fabrics for each monthly delivery, mood/inspiration boards for each new season, generating design cards and line-sheets, worked closely with Marking and Grading, Production as well as Costing teams.

• Spec’d garments, completed spec-sheets, organized fabric and merchandise look-books.
• Organizing mood boards and conducted brand research.
• Photographed and logged measurements of samples and documented details of selected pieces for each department.
• Manipulated and copied patterns matched yarns and placed orders directly to yarn mills.

* Costuming for Dancing with the Stars: Assisted in the development and construction of LED lighting fabrication in costumes.
* Worked closely with Head Designer on government-funded project designing and building a simulator jetpack to be worn and used in military training. Extensive work with fiberglass molds and wire placement.
* Assembled custom couture costumes using leather, metal, and various welding techniques.
* Dyed fabrics and used paints to stain and create unique textile designs.