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Kamala Shantal Melanson
1223 Bushwick Ave, Apt 3B Brooklyn, NY 11221
Cell (339) 203-5377
Kamalaandsteve@aol.com
Portfolio www.coroflot.com/kamalashantal
EXPERIENCE
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2009 2010 SENIOR KNITWEAR DESIGNER, BOSTON APPAREL GROUP, West Bridgewater, MA
Create seasonal palettes
Create and present seasonal trend reports highlighting key silhouettes, prints, fabrics and colors
2006 2009 KNITWEAR DESIGNER, BOSTON APPAREL GROUP, West Bridgewater, MA
Design unique styles for sweaters and cut and sew
Design Fast Fashion styles inspired by the latest runway trends in a quick turnaround
Create original prints, stripes, plaids, intarsias, embroideries and beading layouts using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Participate and make design comments in weekly fitting sessions
Technical rendering for sweaters and cut and sew using Adobe Illustrator
Choose yarns and fabrics for sweaters and cut and sew
Choose buttons and trims
Communicate with vendors, agents and overseas mills
Present and participate in collection review meetings
Attend fabric shows at Premiere Vision and Tex world in NY and Paris
Attend and purchase artwork at Direction by Indigo and Printsource in NY and Paris
Sample shopping and whats in stores research in NY, Miami, LA, Montreal, Barcelona, Paris and London
Responsible for budgets of artwork and purchased garment samples
2005 2006 KNITWEAR DESIGNER, SIGRID OLSEN, Wakefield, MA
Design unique styles for cut and sew and sweaters
Create intarsias, pointelles, fair isles, cables and crochet styles
Choose yarns, buttons and trims
Make design comments in weekly fitting sessions
Present and participate in collection review meetings
Attend fabric shows at Premiere Vision and Tex world in NY and Paris
2002-2005 ASSOCIATE DESIGNER, SIGRID OLSEN, Wakefield, MA
Hand drawn technical rendering for wovens, cut and sew and sweaters
Communicate with fabric venders, agents and overseas mills
Create thumbnails on the computer in graphic software
Create and update paper doll design boards
Participate in fittings for wovens, cut and sew and sweaters
Enter style construction information into PDM database
1998-2002 CAD DESIGNER, SIGRID OLSEN, Wakefield, MA
Cleaning, color reduction and repeats for prints
Stripe, fair isle and intarsia sweater layouts
Embroidery and beading designs
Placement print styles
SKILLS
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COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
EXPERT IN: Adobe (Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign), U4ia and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Power Point)
FAMILAR WITH: Prima Vision, PDM and PLM database
SEWING/CONSTRUCTION:
Seamstress and pattern maker with measurement and garment construction experience
ILLUSTRATION:
Hand drawn, full color fashion illustrations
EDUCATION
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2006 LECTRA, New York, NY
PrimaVision Training
2005 ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTATOR TRAINING
Liz Claiborne, New York, NY
1998 LECTRA, New York, NY
U4ia Training
1997-1998 PIONEER COMPUTER SCHOOL, Manchester, NH
Certificate program in computer graphics (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator)
1993-1997 FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, New York, NY
BFA, Fashion design
