BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear
char lauren critoph BA (Hons): Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear''Vagrant Souls'' is the exploration of the ecclectic style constructed through a nomadic existence. Education// University of the Arts London London College of Fashion: BA Hons FDT Womenswear Due to Graduate July 2013 Work Experience// Richard Nicoll: Feb- April 2011 Sample Machinist and General Studio Assistant. Manufactured garments for the S/S11 collection. Roksanda Illinic at Whistles: March 2010 Hand embellished over 100 dresses which went on to be sold at Whistles as part of the Roksanda Illinic collaborative collection. Amanda Wakeley: Dec 2009- April 2010 Part Time E Commerce Assistant Assisted with the co-ordination of numerous photo shoots for the e-commerce store. James Hock: Dec 2009- Feb 2010 Studio Manager Manufactured James' AW10 collection. Had input into the design of the collection, including silhouette, embellishment and styling. Assisted with the organisation of the show organisation. http://www.jameshock.co.uk/ Giles Deacon: Sept 2009 Studio Assistant Finished garments for the SS/10 collection. http://giles-deacon.com/ Jasper Garvida: Nov 2008- Feb 2009 Studio Assistant. Hand Embellisher Achievements// ASOS Ltd 100 Competition 2009 in collaboration with London College of Fashion. I was a finalist which resulted in my garments being sold on ASOS.com and published in Look Magazine. www.asos.com SHOWstudio Design Competition 2009. Designed, manufactured, styled and photographed an outfit inspired by Gareth Pugh's 2006 balloon dress. The images where displayed at Somerset House as part of SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution 2009 exhibition. http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/fashion/showstudio PUMA Competition in Collaboration with London College of Fashion. My design was selected to be exhibited at a gallery on Carnaby Street , London. http://blogs.arts.ac.uk/fashion/2009/08/03/puma-and-lcf-at-carnaby/ Skills// Sewing: Machine (domestic and industrial) and Hand Finishing. Flat Pattern Cutting: Efficient and accurate pattern cutting for stretch and woven fabric. Illustration: Hand rendered, specialising in collages and ink and watercolour IT: Adobe Suite. Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign. IT: Microsoft: Word/ Works, Edexcell, PowerPoint Technical Drawings: Hand rendered. Textiles: Tambour Beading, Macrame, Hand Knitting, Lace Making- Hand, Chain Mail, Machine and Hand Felting, Embroidery and Beading. Languages: Basic French and Spanish.