About me
An accomplished senior sustainable luxury designer skilled in RTW, Lingerie & Outerwear. With 15 years of experience developing products, combined with great branding, production, marketing, and leadership skills.
I am a versatile senior luxury womenswear designer experienced in developing a wide spectrum of products, including lingerie in tandem with the brand's aesthetic in mind. My vast knowledge of pattern and garment making enables me to showcase a high level of technical expertise. In turn this allows me to work hand in hand with manufacturers, developing an interchanging relationship that creates a smooth, efficient, and creative process. This expertise enables me to be proactive in generating the best possible product based on the design parameters, but also within budget and production capabilities.
I have a great catalogue of relationships with sustainable suppliers and factories especially in the UK but also in Europe, particularly in Italy, France, Germany and Portugal. Sustainability is very important to me and If needed I can help develop your sustainable agenda further.
I am a great multitasker, incredibly organised and a leader. I have experience of developing brands from nothing, creating the band identity, product line, finding suppliers and factories. This has given me the leadership and contacts to confidently launch new collections, while thinking about the future and managing junior members and external relationships at the same time.
My experience doesn't just lay in the design process, though. At Phaein, being Head of Design meant alongside developing the products, I created the branding and marketing vision to develop and implement our best-selling management and commercial plan.
Key points:
- Confident in managing fabric and design developments, BOM, fitting and production, ensuring designs meet
and exceed the required standard. I have effectively managed numerous great relationships between
factories and mills in the UK, Europe, and the Far East
- Managing and executing collaborations with other brands and influencers such as Stephen Jones, Dents,
Johnstons of Elgin, and Liz Earle
- When I worked for L'Wren Scott, I helped develop interesting projects including capsule collections for
Barney's New York, Mick Jagger's stage costumes for "Rolling stones 50 years" tour, Tina Fey's 2013 Golden
Globes dress and Nicole Kidman's 2013 Oscars dress
Skills
Branding, Creative, Creative Direction, Fashion Design, Pattern Cutting, Social Media, Tailoring