Dates of employment: July 2014 – June 2015

 

LeeAnn Fashions is a longstanding manufacturer of ladies jersey wear, for the high street retailer. Clients include popular retailers such as; Marks and Spencer, Next, Lipsy, Sainsbury's TU, Pepperberry, JD Williams, Morrison's childrenswear brand Nutmeg and Missguided and ASOS to name a few.

 

Main duties include;

  -Interpreting designers working drawings into attractive, viable garments

  -Skillfully creating first patterns based on individual range specifications        

  -Liaising with designers, sample machinists and technical staff to resolve     potential production issues and deliver a true representation of the technical drawing

  -Design patterns around embellishments such as; Placement prints, embroidery and trims

  -Accurately working to clients specifications

  -Attending risk and fitting sessions

  -Precisely making pattern alterations and occasional manual grading              

  -Operating Gerber Cutter and plotter

  -Accessing production patterns from Gerber AccuMark

   -Deftly managing workload and flow within multi-client deadlines

   -Demonstrating organisational skills

   -Sewing toiles and mocks to document decisions and to insure clarity to all involved in the garment production