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Andrea Mondin

Founder - ANDREA MONDIN S.r.l.// Consultant Luxury Footwear Designer
About

With extensive experience in luxury footwear, I excel in customer service and product knowledge, working closely with Italian factories. Fluent in Italian and English, I adapt to diverse retail environments, ensuring exceptional service and sales proficiency in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Previous Brands
Aera
Lafayette 148 New York
Graduate Fashion Foundation
ANDREA MONDIN s.r.l.
Haute Future Fashion Academy
Accademia del Lusso
Versace
Dolce & Gabbana
Mercedes-Benz USA
Roberto Cavalli
Work Experience
Design Consultant
Nov ‘22 - Mar ‘24
Aera

- Consulting for Women’s shoes as a designer and product manager. - Creating a New Brand Identity, focusing on the Brand’s codes. - Working directly with Italian factories and suppliers. - Research of new suppliers and factories following the costs and Brand Identity. - Trend research, designing lasts, heel, hardware, etc. - Follow all the steps from sketching to final sample editing. - Production quality control.

Design Consultant
Jul ‘21 - Mar ‘23
Lafayette 148 New York

- Consulting for Women's shoes as a designer and product manager. - Working directly with Italian factories and with the Art Direction. - Trend research, designing lasts, heels, hardware, etc. - Supplier research. - Follow all the steps from sketching to final sample editing.

Speaker
Nov ‘17 - Nov ‘17
Graduate Fashion Foundation

Conference: “I created my Brand: stories of emerging designers.”

Founder/Creative Director
Jan ‘16 - May ‘20
ANDREA MONDIN s.r.l.

Creative Director, Founder, and Owner of Andrea Mondin, a women's luxury shoe firm. -special collaboration: Nobilis Paris, Métaphores Paris, Pierre Frey, Colefax, and Fowler.

Teacher
Jul ‘15 - Jul ‘15
Haute Future Fashion Academy

Teacher Footwear Design. Summer campus: “Luxury shoes design.”

Speaker
Feb ‘15 - Feb ‘15
Accademia del Lusso

Conference: “Come nasce una scarpa.”

Head of Design Versus Versace / Women’s Footwear Designer Versace
May ‘08 - Jan ‘20
Versace

Head of Design Versus Versace. Responsible for designing and developing women's / men's footwear, bags, belts, s.l.g. main/show. - Responsible for the Design team - Direct collaboration with Donatella Versace, Stylist, Apparel team and Merchandising. - Trends, Product research, and materials: vintage, samples, trends. - Development and follow-up: mood board, input, color palettes. - Technical drawings for suppliers: lasts, heels, hardware. - Samples control and following fitting. Manufacturer follow-up and direct editing. - Direct collaboration with Anthony Vaccarello for Versus Versace. Show and main collection. - Direct collaboration with Christopher Kane for SS14 Versus Versace. Show: as women handbags, shoes, belts, bijoux designer and product manager. - Design of women’s footwear for Versace, main collection.

Junior Women’s Footwear Designer Dolce & Gabbana
Jan ‘06 - Apr ‘08
Dolce & Gabbana

Pre, Main, Show collections designer for Women’s shoes and belts. - Direct collaboration with the art director, apparel team, and merchandising. - Trends, Product, and materials research: vintage, samples, trends. - Design of lasts, heels, hardware. - Direct collaboration with the Company production center Incisa Val D’Arno. - Following sampling, development, and fitting.

Design Consultant Mercedes-Benz
Sep ‘05 - Dec ‘05
Mercedes-Benz USA

- Consulting for the license Zanellato Group as well as designing women’s and man’s bags. - Researching of material and trend.

Designer intern Roberto Cavalli / Just Cavalli
Jun ‘00 - Jun ‘01
Roberto Cavalli

- Designer intern for Just Cavalli and First Line. - Assisting in the creation of the Collection and Show.

Languages
Italian - Native
English - Work Proficiency
Education & Training
Istituto Europeo di Design
‘03 - ‘05
Fashion Design
I.A.L.
‘99 - ‘00
Fashion Design
Liceo Artistico
‘95 - ‘00
Maturità Artistica
Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy