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Seamstress & Designer
Carolyn Edmondson
Berlin, Germany
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Seamstress and pattern cutter with 14+ years experience.
Specialist in collaborating with sustainable fashion brands - ensuring garments are produced efficiently without compromise on environmental responsibility, durability or design.
Bespoke, bridal, tailoring, ready to wear, made to measure, alterations and repair.
Creative pattern making and grading, garment construction and sampling.
My personal practice aims to promote the upcycling and recycling of waste textiles and discarded clothing. My work is bold and colourful, designed to be noticed and used as a conversation starter around ethical fashion - to promote sustainability at a grassroots level and encourage a re-evaluation of clothing consumerism. I have a particular interest in the introduction (or re-introduction) of sewing and mending within public settings. -
Education
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MA Sustainability in Fashion & Creative IndustriesAkademie Mode & Design, Berlin2022 - 2024Grade 1.1 My research focussed on the importance of using creativity and imagination as a tool in facing the climate crisis, and identifying how creative practitioners can utilise degrowth theory to catalyse societal change.
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BA (Hons) Fashion DesignGray's School of Art2007 - 2011Awarded First Class Honours BA in Fashion Design.
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BTEC Art & DesignTelford College2006 - 2007Pass with Merit
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Experience
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Freelance LecturerBerlin, GermanySep 2025 - Present (9 months)-Design and delivery of ‘Principles of Design & Manufacturing’ 14 week module for ‘Sustainability in Fashion and Creative Industries’ Masters course.
-Delivery of ‘Fashion in Context’ 14 week module for Bachelors ‘Fashion Design’ course.
-Masters Thesis supervisor.
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Event Producer & Workshop FacilitatorFreelanceBerlin, GermanyMay 2019 - Present (7 years 1 month)-Design and delivery of sustainable fashion events (intensive courses, hands-on workshops and guest lectures) for a range of corporate and non-profit organisations worldwide.
-Clients include: British Council, UK; The Assembly Hub, Lagos; Akademie Mode & Design; Circular Berlin; Peek & Cloppenburg. -
Sample Machinist/Pattern CutterFreelanceBerlin, GermanyApr 2011 - Present (15 years 4 months)Fashion design and development
Creative pattern cutting, flat and drape
Garment construction - bespoke, RTW, bridal, tailoring, upcycling, alterations, repair
Fabric sampling and testing
Client liason
Clients Include-
High Snobiety
Zalando
Human Touch Clothing
Manakaa Project
Clara Kaesdorf
National Theatre Scotland
P.R.Patterson
Irina Gusakova
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Creative Volunteer & Outreach CoordinatorPaisley, United KingdomJun 2019 - Sep 2022 (3 years 3 months)Design & manufacture high quality ethical fashion products (garments & accessories) - upcycling/recycling/zero-waste.
Design and delivery of workshops, presentations & educational/promotional material for local schools, our volunteers and the general public.
Recruitment and management of 50+ Volunteers.
Design and facilitation of volunteer programme- including events, workshops and sustainability training.
Production of large scale public events including fashion shows, exhibitions and pop-up events.
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Producer - Fashion Open Studio x COP26 Offline ActivationGlasgow, United KingdomSep 2021 - Nov 2021 (2 months)Produce a series of 9 workshops for Fashion Open Studio's COP26 programme.
Scouting, approaching & confirming locations/venues.
Securing & coordinating partnerships - educational institutions, cultural partners, studio spaces in the city.
Recruit & manage event staff/volunteers.
Liaise with the Fashion Open Studio team and the 9 international designers who showcased work.
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Fashion Design TutorBritish CouncilLagos, NigeriaJan 2019 - Jan 2019Headhunted to teach technical fashion construction and draping techniques to 50 Nigerian fashion entrepreneurs in a collaborative project delivered by the British Council, Fashion Foundry and The Assembly Hub. This was a week long intensive based in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Textiles AssistantGlasgow, United KingdomFeb 2018 - Oct 2018 (8 months)Design and manufacture wearable items using waste fabrics and scraps donated to the Kinning Park Complex for the in-house sustainable fashion brand KPCouturé.
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Head SeamstressEdinburgh, United KingdomSep 2011 - Sep 2012 (1 year)Solely responsible for the pattern making, cutting and construction of garments and wedding dresses, both stock and made-to-measure, to a highly professional standard.
This role involved the use of industrial sewing machines and overlockers as well as hand sewing and creative pattern cutting.
I liaised with customers on a daily basis to discuss their individual requirements, from initial design sketches to final fittings, and ensured they were happy at each stage of the design and make process. -
Editorial AssistantBerlin, GermanyOct 2009 - Dec 2009 (2 months)I underwent a two month placement in Berlin where I was working in the offices of an up and coming fashion/lifestyle magazine. My main duties included researching content and finding contributors for the up-coming issue, maintaining the magazines blog and social media sites, interviewing designers and musicians, attending events as the magazines representative and also making cups of tea!
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Awards
Keep Scotland Beautiful - Climate Hero Award, 2019. For Voluntary work with Repair Cafe Glasgow.
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Affiliations
Scottish Upcycling Network
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@carolyne1, member since 2016
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