Paris based fashion designer with almost a decade of experience in the fashion industry -- with aims to create cutting-edge, commercially successful, and environmentally friendly products. I am a highly skilled designer with a strong technical expertise in garment making, and a substantial amount of experience in entrepreneurship, team leadership and guiding strategic vision. I have a passion for innovation, craftsmanship and sustainability, and I am fully adept at driving an entire design process from concept to production.
- Helped the team with the strategy, project development, funding and grant application. - Managed the design initiation program and supervized the team. - Speaker for the fashion and textile design workshops.
- Created a «textile laboratory» within Atelier Avoc to develop new ways of designing textiles with a craft, innnovative and sustainable focus : custom-made dye, low water dyeing, bioplastics, water-repellent silicone coating, handmade painting and more. Collaboration with IFTH on how to improve our material research and how to apply their innovation in the fashion industry. - Design, art direction and brand strategy. - Lead the development of the new collections by implementing its strategic vision and supervizing the creative team. (creative directors, pattern maker, interns, production team and ateliers). - Lead the consulting mission with IBIC at the Paris studio. Brand strategy, concepts, design (clothing collections for Chinese brands). - F/W ’18: third consecutive show at Paris Menswear Fashion Week.
2017: Atelier Avoc won the 2017 ANDAM Pierre Bergé Prize - S/S ’18: Supported the creative directors in design development i.e. moodboards, design researches, technical drawings - Team manager for design interns and pattern making team - Nominated for the 2017 ANDAM Pierre Bergé Prize - Second show at Paris Menswear Fashion Week
- F/W ’17: Supported the creative directors in design development i.e. moodboards, design research, technical drawings, and pattern making - First show at Paris Menswear Fashion Week.
- S/S ’17: Assisted the design and pattern making team
- Coordinated with the senior designer - Facilitated product developement, and devised moodboards, garment drawings, technical sheets, and selected its color theory - Liason for production follow-up with Bengali and Chinese factories - PLM launch in the company
- F/W ’16: Worked in partnership with the creative director - Led design development, conducted design research, and constructed moodboards, design researches, technical drawings) pattern making.
- Haute couture and croisière F/W ‘15 collections : Haute Couture embroiderer for client such as Chanel, Azzaro, Armani Crochet de Lunéville and needle embroidery.