My passion for designing clothes started from a very young age. I grew up watching my mother who was a machinist, and this inspired my interest in fashion. I dreamed about clothes and would spend hours looking through catalogues.This developed into personal expression and individual style, and now as a unique women with over 30 years experience in the fashion industry in London, I launched my own brand label ‘Jekyl and Hyd’ www.jekylandhyd.com
This role involves developing manual creative patterns for women’s wear dresses and separate’s, including tops, shirts, skirts, trousers, jumpsuits, and soft tailoring, in woven and jersey fabrics. My main role involves alterations following spec comments, attending fit meeting if necessary to see patterns through to sealing stage for factories
Working on women’s wear dresses and separate’s in a variety of fabrics, in a fast pace environment to meet deadlines.
Responsible for developing manual creative patterns for woman’s wear dresses, soft separates and soft tailoring in a variety of fabrics from woven to jersey. Seeing patterns through to the toiling process, involving fit meetings, and alterations to produce first samples. I am able to advise junior pattern cutters, as well as designers for technical requirements needed to ensure the garments were produced to there best.
Working on soft tailoring, dresses, and separates doing alterations and fittings for final patterns.
Developing first patterns for dresses, tops, skirts, trousers as well as fittings, and alterations for first samples.
Producing patterns for dresses and separate’s in jersey and woven fabrics. Responsible for the design pattern department. Organising my own workload as well as overseeing the sample cutter and machinist. Attend fit meetings with the design directors, and alterations through to first samples, meeting all deadlines.
Interpreting design requirements and creating first patterns from sketches to finished garments. Working with a variety of fabrics, garment styles and construction methods.
Involved draping garments as well as flat pattern cutting, toiling and fits, working with delicate fabrics.
Working on designer ranges for dresses and separate’s, in woven and jersey fabrics.
Teaching students to work with basic blocks as well as creative development. Producing patterns both from concept drawings and spec sheets.
Working on spring/summer 2003 collection for dresses and separates in woven and jersey fabrics.
Worked on spring/summer 2003 collection for women’s wear in woven and jersey fabrics. This role involved pattern cutting, sample cutting, sewing toiles, and fit meetings.
Creating first patterns for soft jackets in woven and jersey fabrics.
Worked on Autumn/Winter 2002 Collection for dresses and separates in woven and jersey fabrics.
Worked on Autumn/Winter 2002 Collection for dresses and separates in woven and jersey fabrics.
Worked on Autumn/Winter 2002 Collection for dresses and separates in woven and jersey fabrics.
Worked on women’s casual wear including dresses and separates in woven and jersey fabrics.
Worked with Degree students teaching pattern cutting and styling their projects.
Assisting the Designer on womenswear range, as well as dealing with fabric agents and fabric sourcing.
Worked on Spring/Summer 1996 Womenswear Collection of dresses and separates in woven and jersey.
Worked on knitwear co-ordinating shape, fabric and colour.
Assisting the pattern cutter on first patterns.
