Accessories designer with experience in commercial & luxury. University of Westminster
• Designer reporting directly to the Head of Design Fanny Goldsmith James • Design & develop styles for both womens soft accessories & handbags with particular focus on novelty gifting product • Sole designer on licensed goods, working with the license co-ordinator to design and develop product categories of jewellery, soft accessories, swimwear & gifting • Specific responsibilities include creating detailed specs, range and inspiration boards, working closely with the shoe design departments in developing ideas and designs and communicating regularly with production and buying
• Designer reporting directly to the Head of Soft Accessories Jessica Wong • Design & develop styles for both mens and womens soft accessories, including hats, scarves, pocket squares, gloves, men's underwear & loungewear for both the European and Japanese collections • I travel to Italy working closely with suppliers to develop accessories working towards specific lead times and exploring new qualities and ideas • Specific responsibilities include creating specs, range and inspiration boards, working closely with the RTW and print departments in developing ideas and designs and communicating regularly with production and sales
• Designer reporting directly to the Head of Design Amy Gibson • Sole designer of Accessories collection, including inline, SMU & editorial shoot accessories • Accessories collection includes: Bags & small accessories, hats, scarves, socks & hosiery & metal key rings • Design and development of premium Accessories collection in full for Selfridges focusing on quality commercial luxury handbags with strong hardware focus • Design & development of new premium leather & PU Accessories collection in full working with Italian suppliers and development team • Heavily assist on design & development of the Black (premium apparel), White (Trend-led apparel) collection, & SMU collections, in particular best-selling Urban Outfitters, ASOS & Selfridges capsules
• Assistant Designer reporting directly to the Head of Design Amy Gibson • Assist on design & development of the White collection, Accessories & SMU collections • Building creative presentation decks for seasonal collections, colour palettes, range overview & cad decks • Creative brainstorm meetings with design team • Prepare & finalise the CAD for approval from brand owner • Prepare & finalise the techpacks for HoD, factories & suppliers • Support in creative graphic design for seasonal collections • Collect market intelligence via comp shopping under the direction of Head of Design, providing all involved with accurate and up-to- date information on design trends and developments and utilise them efectively
• Design intern to Design Manager Alessandra Fergola • Assisting with design direction & techpack/measurement workbook curation for multiple brands - Fila, Russell Athletic, Hi-Tec & Sergio Tacchini with particular focus on Collaborations, Special projects & Special Make-up, for both menswear & womenswear • Support in creation of trend research and creative directions that can be translated into unique seasonal key stories for the multiple brands • Working in collaboration with sourcing & product development • Garment fitting sessions providing feedback workbooks to factories for next samples in process
Design Assistant • Assistant to Lena Boener's team reporting to Design Director for Leather Goods Darren Spaziani • Designed the Love Lock chain charms metal pieces on Twist Epi MM & PM Love Lock Charms Bag for SS 2019 which sold out online • Producing mood boards and in-detail research boards for Design Director • Producing ranges of colour-ups of bags on Adobe Photoshop for Design Director's approval in meetings • Followed up on the prototyping, launching and production stages, frequently corresponding with maroquiners at the in-house Paris atelier
• Sole intern to 3 senior designers and Head of Design Hun Kim • Heavy support in creation of FW18 design technical packs following directions and sketches from the RTW design team • KARL X KAIA FW18 design technical drawings • Digitalisation of 'Karl Styles' from his own sketches - Limited editions designed by Karl Lagerfeld
• Hand embroidery and hand beading of show piece garments and accessories for LFW AW17 presentation • Pattern cutting and amending directly following Roberta's instructions • Preparing technical work for Paris show rooms, creating B&W and colour technical flats for the full collection