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Lucile Costey

Sustainable Fashion, Circular Economy & CSR Project Manager | Speaker | 16 years of experience in Fashion Design and Development - Footwear & Leather Goods Expert
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► I work with brands for their transition towards sustainable fashion. ► With 16 years of experience in product design and development, for luxury, high-end and mass-market brands, I have a dual expertise in footwear and leather goods. ► I am trained in eco-design, circular economy and CSR. SKILLS: - Participation in the CSR strategy; - Deployment of the CSR strategy: be the link between CEO/CSR direction and operations; - Management of cross-functional marketing-design-R&D-quality-production-legal-CSR-IT projects: schedules, meetings, follow-up, report, reminders, respect of deadlines; - Implementation of tools: retro-planning, reporting tools, KPIs, etc... - Data collection, monitoring and analysis of KPIs for the NFRD/CSRD; - Direct relationship with B2B customers, licensees and international suppliers; - Recruitment and management of employees, consultants and service providers; - Various internal presentations. SUSTAINABLE DESIGN & CIRCULAR ECONOMY : - Management of projects related to legislation: traceability, ... - Circular projects: business models, ecosystems of actors, ... - Eco-design: context analysis, environmental diagnosis, impact measurement (life cycle analysis / LCA), design thinking, improvement design, choice of “eco-materials”; - Due Diligence, certifications and labels, EcoVadis ; - Reuse, upcycling, recycling & end of life: characterization and massification of deposits of secondary raw materials, mapping of actors, experiments on the material, waste collection; - Technical, technological and regulatory watch + competitive watch; - Training of teams in CSR issues, circular economy and eco-design; - Support for communication in compliance with the legislation; - Participation in working groups, networks and trade fairs. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT : - Materials, accessories & embellishments sourcing; - Technical sheets, product development in France, Italy, Portugal, Brazil and Asia. ► SOFT SKILLS: - Curiosity, organisation, reactivity, precision, - Leadership, teamwork and good interpersonal skills, - Flexibility: Ability to work for brands with very different DNAs, and in various kind of companies (small, medium and groups).

Previous Brands
REfashion
EFAP
ESGCI
Villette Makerz
agnès b.
LOEWE
PARALLELE Paris
atelier du Sartel
Work Experience
Eco-design Manager
Jun ‘23 -
REfashion

Management of the eco-design team and projects. Refashion is the Textile industry's eco-organisation (clothing, household linen and footwear). Its role is to oversee the prevention and end-of-life management of these items for the companies which place them on the market. Central to the industry's eco-system, Refashion is accompanying the transformation towards the circular economy whilst providing services to the various stakeholders: marketers, collection and sorting operators, local and public authorities, project developers, the general public. https://refashion.fr/pro/en

Speaker
Mar ‘23 -
EFAP

Speaker for the MBA "Communication in Fashion Industries" to talk about my experience and expertise in leather goods, footwear and leather : contemporary issues, current market, trends, technicality of products, environmental and social impacts.

Speaker teacher on "Sustainable Marketing in Luxury" at ESGCI
Feb ‘23 - Jun ‘23
ESGCI

Speaker teacher on "Sustainable Marketing in Luxury" : 18 hours lessons for students of the "Luxury Management" Master's programme. https://www.esgci.com/

Speaker "Sustainability & Fashion"
Feb ‘23 -
Villette Makerz

Speaker on eco-responsibility and the circular economy in fashion for the trainees of the Circular Designer course ("object" and "ecosystem" courses).

Accessories Design Manager & footwear developer
Aug ‘21 - Dec ‘22
agnès b.

► Management of the accessories design team (6 people): design, sourcing of materials and manufacturers, and product development up to the approval of the pre-production samples. ► Paris-Tokyo coordination of the "Voyage" line (44% of the brand's total turnover). ► Design and product development of the men's and women's footwear collections.

Circular Economy Designer
Apr ‘21 - Jul ‘21
Villette Makerz

Training with certification. Systems thinking, Design, Eco-design, Secondary raw materials, Upcycling, Manufacturing. Specialization: ecodesign. In this context: Writing of publications : - Fashion: what are the new sustainable practices? - Circular Economy: how to convince public institutions? And projects : - Eco-design of a pair of chelsea boots - Support to the start-up Cleanea for a circular distribution.

Studio Manager
Jan ‘20 - Jun ‘20
LOEWE

(Fixed-term contract - maternity cover) ► Coordination of all collections of RTW, leather goods, accessories, shoes & jewelry for women and men. ► Coordination of all departments: AD, design, development, merchandising, communication, PR, legal. Privileged contact for collaborations with external artists and licenses, project management. Organization of kick off meetings, fittings, stylings and shootings. Preparation of documents for meetings, color ranges, reviews. Etc. Management of an assistant.

Design and collection director
Jan ‘17 - Apr ‘19
PARALLELE Paris

Paralèlle is a French high-end women shoe brand born in 1985, with its own factory based in Rochechouart (Limousin, near Limoges, France). ► Design direction, product management, organisation of collections, development follow-up (France and Portugal). ► Mission: rejuvenate the product offer and set up a collection process. ► Achievements: 1-New product offer for a younger target: design (recruitment and management), materials and embellishments sourcing, product development; 2-Creation of tools to organize collections: retroplanning, collection plan, sales analysis tools; 3-Tools for shops: sales and debriefing supports, visual merchandising. Two collections a year; 55 to 60 styles (=250 references) per collection. www.parallele.com

Senior design project manager - leather goods & footwear
Jul ‘15 - Aug ‘16
atelier du Sartel

Clients : Delpozo, Guy Laroche, Dissona, Vincis’. ► Mission: In charge of design and development of bags and shoes collections for international brands (luxury and high-end). Coordination of projects between clients, creatives and suppliers. - Definition of brand DNA, - Product design, - Team management: junior designers, freelancers and interns, - Sourcing materials, ornaments, transformers, factories, - Product development in Portugal and Italy. www.atelierdusartel.com

Languages
French - Native
English - Work Proficiency
Spanish - Basic
Education & Training
Institut Leonard de Vinci / EcoLearn
‘23 - ‘23
Sustainability Transition Consulting
CSR
ADEME
‘22 - ‘22
Transition Bas carbone
Sustainability
Villette Makerz
‘21 - ‘21
Circular economy designer
Circular economy
Institut Français de la Mode
‘18 - ‘18
Construction of collections
Marketing
ECOLE DE LA CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DE LA COUTURE PARISIENNE
‘03 - ‘06
Fashion designer and modelist
Fashion design and modelism
Lycée Malherbe - Caen
‘02 - ‘03
Prépa HEC
Economics
Paris, France