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Gee U.GU

Gee U.

Styliste modeliste maille freelance

€500/day
Antibes, FR
15+ years

Average response time: A few days

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About Gee

Bonjour,

Je suis styliste modéliste spécialisée dans la maille.

Je suis diplômée de Central Saint Martins (2007) et j'ai plus de 13 années d'expérience en tant que styliste modéliste pour différentes sociétés internationales ayant des clients notoires (Sandro, Banana Republic, Maje, Vince, Helmut Lang, The Kooples...).

Mes compétences couvrent toutes les phases de conception produit et notamment: recherche de matière, préparation de moodboard, proposition de collections en maille, échantillonnage maille, prototypes, élaboration de fiches techniques, suivi de production.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Korean

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Antibes (up to 50km), Antibes (up to 50km)

Experience

  • DZ Group
    Senior Knitwear Designer
    June 2015 - April 2020 (4 years and 10 months)
    Shanghai City, China
    *Work as a main senior designer to support 70% of the main clients, including Vince, Ella Moss, Splendid, Joie, The White Company, Whistles, Phase Eight, and Paul Smith *Created Special In-house designs to show the company ability for different techniques and shapes of the garments, trends of each season; 10garments per month, over 100swatches each season *Created garments and swatches collection specifically for the designated clients, especially for Vince, The White Company, Phase Eight, and Paul Smith *Attend Pitti Filati evey 6months to report trends to clients and choose trends for designs *Trips to visit clients to Hong Kong, LA, Seattle, New York and London *Attend clients meetings in Shanghai office and Beijing office to present the collections, follow up their requests each season *Work very closely with the technicians and their manager that make in-house collection
  • Aussco
    Senior knitwear designer
    June 2013 - May 2015 (1 year and 11 months)
    Hong Kong
    • Work as one of main senior designers to support 40% of main clients, including Reiss, Ted Baker, Fat Face, All Saints, Sandro, Maje, and The Kooples for both mens and womens knitwear ; Executed and presented tailor-made programs and in-house collection each season, and worked closely with the sales team for design concerns * Attend Pitti Filati every year and select yarns and trends * Attended a training course of STOLL industrial machine in Germany
  • Acorn Conceptual Textiles
    Senior Knitwear Designer
    April 2008 - April 2013 (5 years)
    19 Stoney Street, Lace Market, Nottingham, NG1 1LP
    • Designed and produced over 1000 swatches with a sell-through of 96% in peak seasons * Conducted regular market research and trend forecasting in colour, stitch, texture and styling * Communicated with customers to provide knitting instructions and sources of the materials for manufacture * Successfully completed many commissioned projects to meet customers' requirements * Managed supplies of materials for my team * Analysed sales figures and achieved consistently excellent results for myself and my team * Regularly attended Pitti Imagine Filati as a Knitwear department representative * Merchandised swatches and worked closely with embellishment and print teams to build a collection as a whole * Developed a full understanding of a wide variety of customers in different markets * Sold designs to Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Pringle of Scotland, Proenza Schouler, Karen Millen, Topshop, Urban Outfitters, and other brands

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Education

  • Bachelor of Arts (BA)
    Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
    2007
  • Foundation degree
    Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
    2004

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