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an ability to work over various fabrications.
strong management capabilities and able to work to tight deadlines.
currently run my own men's wear label and on order bespoke women's wear collection in Cape Town south Africa.
duties include
research ,design develop, production planning, sampling right to the final campaign's and look and feel of merchandise on the floor.
others are
sketching technical flats by hand
developing colour stories and creating, sourcing and re working prints.
planning placement and approving CADs and strike-offs for prints whilst working along side my graphics design person.
Produced full tech packs in Excel with information using fashion semiotics, photos.
- Shopped trends at trade shows, internet research,trade publications, trend shows pulling all my information's together referencing strongly through social media current trends.
design shoot, and putting together catalogues and look books. (I have had early entry level experience as a fashion co-ordinator for a men's magazine.)

An in-depth knowledge of African print textiles as well as the continent's emerging clothing market clothing market.

I am currently ready and looking for the next challenge and where I can applying over 15 years experience of running and managing a design business in all aspects apart from design.