hellolioba@gmail.com
Paris / French Alps
Freelance
Available
Development of a seasonal pdf trend book specific to knitwear, jersey, swim or loungewear (benchmark, yarns/materials, colors, focus on stitches/details, key shapes & silhouettes), which can include branding & shooting DA.
After immersion in the archives and the DNA of your brand, I offer exclusive drawings and declinaisons, always suggesting a yarn/fabric, a stitch or detail. Then iprovide techpacks on illustrator including a flat sketch, technical explanations and a measurements chart according to your bases or mine. I can also work on capsule projects with a unisex, family, timeless, cashmere, Christmas, recycled focus; and news-actuas in mid-season impulse.
I support the development of knitwear, jersey, swimwear or loungewear collections: recommendation of materials, suppliers, factories, taking into account your manufacturing constraints, deadlines and target price. I also work on repositioning, upgrading product categories, balancing the offer and building new ranges. I can also take care of the follow-up with the factories remotely or directly on site.
Organization of knitwear workshops applied to designers or product/purchasing/marketing business units, with fun introduction to machine knitting in collaboration with a teacher from the Ecole de la Maille in Paris.
I specialize in shaped knit products '3D-whole garment' & seamless. This implies a totally different and exciting know-how! And I am constantly on the lookout for the latest initiatives: independant French wool farmers, LINportant to relocate the linen sector in France, industrialization of vegetable dyes...
I make every effort to work with certified materials: Gots, Oeko-tex, BCI, Master of linen .... or recycled, organic or vegetable-dyed qualities, in collaboration with very qualitative manufacturing plants that put everything implemented to respond to these issues of transparency, animal welfare and aiming for the minimum environmental impact.
With a network built in France and abroad, I connect with talented players in the fashion world (print, da-graphics, model making, CSR and purchasing), historical manufacturing plants , reliable and innovative spinners/suppliers and small French fiber breeders. And I myself am open to any contact in this direction!
