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Overview
My objective is to secure a position as a Professional Fashion Designer with an established, recognized clothing company. My areas of experience are in the design of Junior, Men’s, Women’s, and Children’s apparel, Fashion illustration, Hand-Beading and Hand-Beaded designs, Silk Screening, Embroidery, and Hand Painting

Education
Fashion Design Graduate, Los Angeles Trade Technical College, 2002
Santa Monica College (Los Aangeles)

Computer Education
Quark Express Macintosh
Adobe Photoshop Macintosh
Adobe Illustrator Macintosh
PDS (Pattern Design System) Gerber System for the PC

Internship
BCBG Max Azria, Los Angeles, California

. EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE .

Present Revenge Inc. Los Angeles, CA ( Self employed ) web: www.revengeusa.com
T/ Shirt Designer,
Traditional Tribal Art tattoo designs organic T/ shirt line

July 2007- eMBe Group, Santa Barbara, CA
FEB 2009 Freelance Technical Designer & Fit Technician
Job Responsibilities
Attends to the fitting, fitting comments, sending a tech report to the
Overseas factories, Correcting Patterns and re-designing
for the seasonal design line, maintaining measurement accuracy
Checking sewing construction and modify for better producibility
(Womens’ Contemporary Sports Wear Line—knit and woven including
pants, shirts, jackets, dresses, and shorts, etc.)

Oct 2000- FREELANCE DESIGNER ( Self Employed )
July 2007 Create Designs for clothing, Silk screen, Embroidery, Fitting,
Merchandising, Managing pattern design room.
Client List
Romar Studios Inc.: Chief Designer (private Label)
NASCAR SPORTS WEAR, RED SHOE DIARY, STEVE HARVEY, DEBBIE S

Pure Design: Junior Sports Wear Designer (Create Junior Knit Tops)

Venus Bridal: Bridal Designer, (Venus, Palace Athena, Informal by Venus)

Cynthia Max: Sports wear Designer (California Apparel Inc)

Choon Inc.: Junior Sports wear Designer (Just Choon, Teez Me, Noodles)

ISABELLA FIORE: Hand Bag Design, Creative beading Illustrator

Teres McClen: Couture Evening Wear Designer

Aug 1996- Illusion, Los Angeles, California: Chief Designer,
Aug 2000 Women’s Junior Fashions
Job Responsibilities
Designing, Making Cost Sheet, Draping,
Sample Contact for Fabric and Trim

Oct 1995- Lee Klein U. S. A., New York: Designer, Misses and
July 1996 Women’s Junior Fashions
Job Responsibilities
Designing, Pattern Making--first through production,
Sample Contact for Fabric and Trim

Jan 1989- Velona Group of companies, Colombo, Sri Lanka:
March 1995 Group Fashion Designer and Sample Room Executive
Job Responsibilities
Fabric Design, Multiple Clothing Design Projects (Junior, Misses, Men’s and Children’s Clothes), with all Design Duties

International Buyer Contact
Client List: Liz Claiborne, Little Wood, J. C. Penney, Pacific Trail, Grey Male, Henry Fox, Collection D, Peter Nygard, Oxford Street

REFERENCES Available upon request

KOKILA (DENNIS) LIYANAGE, Mobile: (310) 422-9197 • Los Angeles, CA 90066