Contract Performance Apparel Design and Creative Direction

Specializing in Intimates, Activewear, Performance Outerwear, Athleisure and Swimwear

Early in my design career I had the opportunity to work as a Lead Designer for the Lululemon Lab leading a small group of junior designers and facilitating a successful collaboration with local influencers in the cycling community while managing the rigorous design and development cycle of the exclusive store collection.

I, then, moved on to parent company, Lululemon Athletica ,where I designed and debuted an innovative fully bonded, high support run bra collection, expanded the Ebb + Flow ™ and Swiftly ™ collections and designed “difficult to commercialize” products such as circular seamless, compression warp knits, and outerwear.

Since then I have been working in a freelance capacity designing and developing products for a variety of intimates and activewear brands globally including cult activewear brand Girlfriend Collective, Sundried Activewear, Elita, RYU, and the U.S. Ski Association. I have experience designing in CLO3D, using die-cutting, 3D printed trims and digital prints.

For the past 3 years I have predominately been focused on the Chinese activewear market where I have been working as a Chief Creative Officer for a mid-sized lingerie brand based in Shenzhen, China as well as designing a top-tier women's training collection for the popular footwear brand, XTEP.

In addition to my design work I have had the opportunity to work as a trend analyst for WGSN attending and reporting on Outdoor Retailer and SnowSports Industries America S15 and W15 seasons. As well, in 2014, I was called upon to audit the Without Walls S15 collection for URBN, Inc. (Urban Outfitters) providing technical and design related feedback to the executive. And finally, I have been able to mentor young designers as an instructor of design, textiles, illustration at John Casablancas Institute in Vancouver where I also assist building future course curriculum.

My online portfolio can be viewed at www.jennifer-gagne.com

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