is a London Based Womenswear & Print Designer. Alongside her design work, Nanayaa also teaches Fashion design & Art programmes for young people age 15-18; through workshops focused on print design techniques for both art & fashion & the fashion design process.
Historical & trend research for all womenswear departments (RTW & Print) •CAD technical drawings &. creating tech packs •Assisting in fittings across all womenswear departments •Sketching womenswear garments •Designing original Print artworks for womenswear & accessories •Checking print strike-offs & sending out comments to production •Developing colour & texture stories in womenswear, menswear & accessories •Updating range plans and overviews •Sewing and sampling fabric manipulation techniques •Assisting in fabric, colour & print allocations •Creating & updating a printable fabric library
Hand drawing & painting to create motifs for original print artworks for womenswear & kids •Designing repeat & placement print artworks using Adobe Suite •Cleaning digital print artworks using Adobe Suite •Creating colour stories in response to concepts & moodboards •Liaising with suppliers to develop and source finalised prints & knits
Designing web layouts & details from client briefs using Adobe Suite •Designing original graphics & icons for client projects •Research & content write-ups for web-pages & client projects
Designing workshops & running live online programmes for Young Fashion Designer & Artist events for students aged 15-18 years •Teaching workshops on Print & Textile design for Fashion
Creating technical packs to send to factories •Sourcing trims and organising trim & fabric archives •Creating and updating trim & fabric boards for collections •Liaising with mills to source fabrics & raw materials •Managing garment samples and fabrics arriving into the studio •Assisting in fabric & trim allocations for SS20 collection •Cutting fabric & tracing patterns •Hand embroidering & embellishing garments •Dressing backstage for SS20 show
RTW & Print design research for collections & collaborative brand projects •Creating & updating moodboards, fabric & trim boards for collections •Designing original print artworks & cleaning artworks using Adobe suite •CAD technical flats for RTW & Accessories using Adobe Illustrator •Creating colour-ups & print placement options using Adobe suite •Updating range plans •Assisting design team in fittings & model castings •Hand-embellishing garments for SS20 show (September 2019)
Monitoring & fixing atelier machinery •Manufacturing technical samples for teaching reference archive •Assisting students with pattern cutting & manufacturing help •Distributing fabrics & equipment
Tracing garment patterns & cutting out fabric •Manufacturing perspex jewellery •Hand embellishing bags & accessories for AW18 presentation •Assisting in model fittings