• Award-winning knitwear specialist designer and innovator with a Master's Degree from the Royal College of Art and relevant work experience in the luxury fashion market. • Passionate conceptual technical thinker that seamlessly combines strong inspirational research with advanced fabric development to turn every design concept into a knitted structure.
Assist the Womenswear Design Team in the development and execution of seasonal collections, from research to sketching, draping and garment fitting, following Sarah Burton’s creative direction, working closely with Marketing and Product Development, and reporting to the Head of Knitwear Annemarie Sheridan-Antille.
Support the Womenswear and Menswear Design Teams in all their activities related to the design and development of seasonal Mainline and Runway collections, reporting to Design Director Winni Lok.
Winners received one week of Basic Apex-4 Design training at the company’s headquarters.
Simultaneously supporting different Design Teams (Outerwear, Ready-To-Wear, Knitwear, Soft Accessories and Kidswear) for the design of SS19 and FW19 collections. - helping Designers with the production of accurate sketches, technical drawings and launch packs - preparing and updating presentation boards - managing communications between the Design and Product Development departments - ensuring the department is organised and tidy
Collaboration with Politecnico di Milano and Regione Lombardia for the curation and design of the exhibition “Maglia, Punto. Forty years of knitted treasures from MF1 archive” held at villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan from April to May 2018. Main responsibilities: ̵ archive research and selection ̵ exhibition planning ̵ build-up and takedown supervision ̵ opening night event organization ̵ catalogue design and proofreading
International contest asking students to design a knitted textiles collection exploring the potential of the company’s most iconic yarns. Winners are awarded a monetary prize and have the opportunity to produce their collection and exhibit it at Pitti Filati.