I am an english fashion designer living in Paris, France since 12 years. I have covered many disciplines in my career so far, including photography, fashion design, set design and humanitarian projects.
Assisting with all aspects from start to finish of numerous fashion sets in Paris, for high profile clients such as: SKIMS, Uniqlo, Sirivannavari, Zara and Dior.
I provided up to date solutions and retouching services for a longstanding porcelain printing company. - Digitized and updated their internal processing system and CRM, radically increasing time efficiency - Refined order systems and created automated processes, as well as modernising and digitizing workflow - Retouched thousands of images using the adobe creative suite - Overseeing quality, ensuring each unit is up to the highest standard (min.10,000 units per year)
Assisting in the creation of sets for high fashion shoots by Nicola Scarlino, for covers such as Elle with Marion Cotillard, Vogue Spain with Amber Velletta, Numero Magazine and Candy Mag. - Sourcing desired items and contacting suppliers successfully in a very short time frame - Painting, draping and decorating - Reactivity, speed and precision while shooting.
- Conception of numerous sketches and designs - Conception of coloured illustrations (photoshop) - Production of technical files on illustrator - Curation of dozens of moodboards and themes (photoshop, indesign, illustrator) - Conception of dozens of themes and collections for consultation purposes with asian brands - Photography and styling for a variety of projects
- Creation of 2 housing centers for over 120 unaccompanied minor refugees - Sourcing donations, funds and equipments, as well as volunteers such as residents and teachers - Assuring enough food and meals for over 30 people a day - Assuring availability to hygiene products, clothing, transport tickets and legal help - Placement and running of structure of many in-house educational lessons, activities and sports - Crisis aversion and management, 24hr non stop pressure, whilst also having a full time job at the same time.
- Coordination and organisation of studio - Technical files on illustator - Colouring illustrations on photoshop - Creative propositions for placements - Constant communication between departments - Global organisation of collection plans etc. - Meticulous research of imagery and inspiration - Efficiency under pressure - Clarity, speed and precision to the standard of a luxury fashion house
- General tasks in the organisation for podium collection Menswear SS15 - Meticulous image research - Archiving garments and samples - Anaysis of competitors - Preparation of styling week SS15 - Preparation of backstage SS15 My contract was completed with a short stay in their sewing atelier.
Non-profit organisation ‘Textile Recycling and International Development.’ - Technical drawings - Ideas for new garments - Sourcing fabrics - Patternmaking/dressmaking - Working with suppliers and factories - Presenting to clients - In-house fabrication of prototypes Assisting the AW13 collection, which contributed towards work involved in easing the lives of those badly affected by the fashion industry.
- Backstage and Street Style photographer of fashion weeks New York, London, Milan and Paris. - Hired to photograph for publications such as Harpers Bazaar NY, Vanity Fair NY, The Telegraph, and many more - Editing and processing of photos using Photoshop and camera raws - Distributing images to clients - Lighting director backstage