I am an international fashion designer with eighteen years of experience, with my area of expertise creating jersey and knitwear collections. I also work on casual RTW for both men and women's brands. In 2010 I started my own niche fashion business ONDER OZKAN STUDIO, which continues to this day, focussing on niche knitwear. My philosophy for design is connected with the World Cultural Heritage of Anatolian Civilizations incorporating a unique contemporary style. I continue to present my collections at the Mercedes Benz Fashion week in Istanbul every year.
I am lecturer at Istanbul Fashion Academy currently. The course topics are at below that I am giving currently, Fashion History English course for fashion design students Fashion Collection Preparations Consulting of fashion college teachers ( Local ) Sustainability of productions Company/Supplier educations and design services ( Local )
I've tried to create first independednt sustainable designer knitwear label at Istanbul for ten years. I've created from scratch everything. And I've experienced sampling, production, knit programming, couture and premium segmentations, marketing, social media, public relations, presentatios local and Global, created yarn design to ready-to-wear. This was a great experience. Why I stopped is about country's economic, social and cultural professional structure was not sustainable.
I was a senior designer for UK top High Street brands such as River Island Women, Dorothy Perkins, Top Shop Women. I was coordinatng of my designer team of creating seasonal collections. Our segment was jersey and knitwear lines.
I was completing all CAD's technical sheets of brand's designes for production at HK, China. I was intern for a month at brand's offices, Notting Hill, London.
I was intern of onde of the Turkısh supplier's London offices. I was assisting of Norwegian designer who was preparing the womens woven coat outerwear collections for UK RTW market. I was preparing all sampling sheets and technical file that including the all trimmings and fabrics for the production/sampling at Turkey.
Fashion Design and Collection Programme Fashion Marketing Programme London College Of Fashion, UAL Draping on the stand Programme I. & II. Fashion Design Programme Adobe Illustrator Programmes Istanbul Beykent University Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion and Textile Design desıgnconsultancylecturıng Gala Olcay Clothing Design, styling and branding service for a womenswear line Tozlu Shop Online Clothing Design and collection service for a womenswear line Cipo Textile Design service for Premaman maternity