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Ribeiro Mendes, Edite
Lisbon Portugal
Telephone: +351 218 126032
Celularphone: +351 966 568 945
E-Mail: eribeironascimento@gmail.com

EDUCATION – Academic Training
1998 – BA in Fashion Design, awarded by the “ Universidade Técnica de Lisboa” Faculty of Architecture. Five year duration, plus one year training.
• Training on the Sociedade Industrial de Confecções Dielmar – Alcains (Portugal). Men’s wear. Participation as a Design Assistant.
• Training on the Trend Union Tendencies office – Paris (France). Participation in “Bricolages” - textile experiments.

COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION
Drives Licence for Light Motor Cars (Category B)

Computer skills: Windows 98 to 2000, MS-DOS, Word, Excel, Corel Draw 8/9/10/12, Prostyle 5.2 C1, Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Freehand 10, QarkXpress 5.0, Internet (Netscape, Explorer),etc.

LANGUAGES
Portuguese: Native speaker
Spanish: Medium level
English: Medium-high level
French: Medium level

PROFSSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INDIVIDUAL
Since Marsh 2004: 'SACOOR BROTHERS' Fashion Designer,Performing fashion designing actions: Mans, Woman’s and Kids for Portuguese Company. Being responsible for Themes designation, Story Bords, fabrics selection, planning and creating collections from initial concept through to the final product. Designing from free illustration to flat designs with all technical details and finishing’s including measurements/size specs.
Kids: The collection ranged from 2 years to 14 Years. As responsible for all collection, working and developing all products (garment / accessories).
Mans: Casual Sportive Collection designing programs of T-shirts, Polo’s, Knits, Shirts and trousers.
Woman’s: Casual Sportive Collection designing T-shirts, Polo’s, Knits, Dress/ Skirts, Trousers, Jackets and Shirts, and also Jeans items.
Working mostly with Asia, Africa and Europe suppliers. Shopping and assistance on international cities such as New York, Paris, Spain…

November 2001 - February 2004: Fashion Designer for Youth and Kids, in Distebe Company at “Petit Patapon” brand and Valty Company
Performing fashion designing actions, namely, shapes, embroidery, and imprinted patterns and pictures. Size specs considerations. Being responsible for all the technical details – silhouette, kind of finishing’s and consideration about measurements.
Youth and Kids: The collection ranged from New-Born (3 moths), Toddler to Boys and Girls (till 16 Years). Working and developing products such as indoor, outdoor, pyjamas (including Baby grows), underwear and layette.
The bulk of the work was developed between the Occident and the Orient suppliers. Shopping and assistance on international cities such as New York, Paris, Spain...

May 2000 – October 2001: Fashion Designer for Lanidor S.A. Company
Designer at the “LA Kids” collection and “Lanidor” ladies “prêt-a-porter” (simultaneously). In the children’s area was responsible for the development and creation, of concepts and design, products research, tendencies, pattern development and full attendance until the final stages of production.
Designer of ladies “prêt-a-porter” Lanidor S.A. Collection. Join Venture with European and Oriental Manufactures (including Portuguese) in the collection creation. Total involvement through all the stages of design – responsibility on the creation and development of tendencies, fabric gathering, colours, patterns, prototype creations and follow-up – Regular travelling for overseeing and quality control, of original and prototypes to manufacturing sites.
Shopping assistance on international cities - New York, Paris, Shanghai …

April 2000: Joint Venture design for “ModaLisboa”, in creation of a uniform to promote the cigarette brand “SG”.

August 1999 – March 2000: Fashion Designer for “Soc. Ind. Confecções Dielmar”
Performing designer duties, tendencies delimitations, shape research, storyboard concept, promotional events organization.

June 1996 – Participation in (a collective) exhibition “Estar Arte” in Convento do Beato.

1992 – 1993 – Teacher at the Padre Antonio Vieira School - Visual education.

COLECTIVE (in collaboration with the group Anatomia)
November 1998 – Collaboration, on the production styling for the magazine “Maxima Interiores”.

November 1997 – Manufacture and design of the animation Costumes used on the presentation of the magazine “Prisma” to Higifarma Company.

Year of 1997 - Manufacture and design of the Garments used in the play “O Ringue”, acted in the Taborda Theatre in Lisbon.

CONTESTS
INDIVIDUAL

November 1997 – Represented Portugal in the “5th International Fashion Contest in Gifu” – Japan, reached finals in a contest promoted and sponsored by “Vogue” UK magazine.

COLLECTIVE (in collaboration with the group Anatomia)

December 1997 – Participation in the Art Display “Jovens Criadores” in the fashion area.

May 1997 – Presentation a Autumn/Winter 97/98 Collection in the fashion event “Manobras de Maio”.

April 1996 – Presentation of a Spring/Summer 97/98 collection at the fashion event “ModaLisboa”.

October 1995 – Second place in the contest, for Lisbon Costumes costume’s representative Uniforms.