Design Construction

ADITI MOHAN ***********@*****.***

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FASHION DESIGNER & STYLIST

Artistic, imaginative and well developed Fashion Design and Styling Professional with experience in orchestrating all aspects of design and Styling operations while demonstrating attuned attention to detail & creative qualities. Astute knowledge of fashion apparels with specialization in women’s wear as well as various computerized fashion design programs. Knowledge in Image Editing in Photoshop and Page layout in PageMaker, Quark express and Multilingual typesetting. Transformed initial concepts into extremely suave, innovative and marketable fashion deliveries. Comprehensive knowledge in Design tools, techniques and equipments. Exceptional illustration & artwork skills. Quick learner with the ability to easily grasp new ideas, concepts, methods and technologies, including proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Corel Draw and Microsoft Office. Extremely energetic, dependable, and self-motivated with a high degree of collaborative work integrity. Solid communication, interpersonal, time management and organizational skills.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Trend Researching/Forecasting

Fashion Illustration / specification sheet

Draping / pattern making

Surface ornamentation and embroidery techniques

Project Coordination Presentation Boards

Graphic Designing

Styling for Fashion editorials, campaigns

And Look books

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Organization Designation Duration

Texport Syndicate, Mumbai, India Fashion Designer and Stylist May’ 11 till date

Grazia Magazine, Mumbai, India Fashion Stylist Jan’11 – Mar’ 11

Ellen Mirck, Fashion Stylist, Milan, Italy Fashion Stylist, Jun’10 –Jul’ 10

Shoppers Stop Limited, Mumbai, India Fashion Designer Jun’ 08 – Jul’ 09

Raymond’s Apparel Limited, Mumbai, India, Junior fashion designer May’ 07 – Jul’ 07

TASKS PERFORMED

• Managing and coordinating with printers and embroiders for pre-production activities.

• Active participation in fabric selection, color forecasting, accessories to be used, complete garment look etc.

• Collaborate with other designers to coordinate special products and designs.

• Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements.

• Presently Working for the in-house setup Brand SEPIA with the Texport Syndicate organization ( Export House for brands like Gap, Walmart, H&M, JC Penny USA, TOP SHOP, American Eagle, Zara, NEXT etc )

• Performed as an assistant to Senior Fashion Editor in the Grazia India Magazine February, March and April ‘2011 Issues.

• Performed on the 10 hot stories, the regular setup of Grazia Magazine Worldwide.

• Assisted Senior Fashion Editor on the March Cover story and the editorial shooting for the same and also on the Cover Shoot of the April Cover story.

• Assisted Fashion Stylist on Fashion Editorial shootings with leading celebrities.

• Performed on the product shoots and its pages for the March Issue of Grazia India.

• Assisted on 10 hot stories for the March issue including the Styling of film directors’ editorial and 10 different ways of styling methodologies.

• Responsible for organizing International Designer Callins as well as the casting of the Models

• Have coordinated with International PR offices – Diesel, Chanel, Kenzo, Dolce & Gabbana, Alberta Ferretti, Louis Vittion, Zara, Christian Dior and DKNY.

• Performed in the advertisement and Campaign as a stylist and coordinator for a TVC, Mumbai, India

Production House: Magnetic Creations Advertising Agency: Electronic Media Ad Agency

Product: Keralina Oil Director: Mushtaq Pasha

• Assisted on various styling jobs as for shoots for Grazia Italia Magazine with photographer Roberto D’ Este for Autumn Winter 2010 in Milan.

• Performed on an editorial shooting with photographer Fedrica Putelli as a proposal for Autumn Winter 2010 for Vogue Italia in Milan.

• Created a look book shooting for the Italian Fashion Brand ‘Swap Inside‘for the Spring Summer 2011 collection with photographer Adoni & Arantxa.

• Created fashion editorial spread for Fashion brand Mauro Grifoni and brand Baldinini in Milan, Italy.

• Worked with Italian photographers Saverio Cardia, Giorgio Codazzi and Marco Giberti for editorial shoots in Milan.

• Had interactions with Fashion Houses in Milan- Prada, Vealentino, Gicci, Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Fendi, Salvatore Ferragamo, Missoni, Versace, Milaschom, Hermes and John Galliano to use their collections for the shoots.

• Designed collections for the Brands Insense, Elliza Donatein and Austin Reed for various seasons for 34 Shoppers Stop stores across 15 Indian cities.

• Interacted and worked closely with buyers, merchandisers and vendors for development of collections.

• Worked on various campaigns and look book shootings for shoppers Stop in-house Brands, designed by me.

• Underwent 3 months internship with Raymonds Apparel Limited and developed the entire collection and range for launch in their 550 stores across India.

• Designed 2 collections for A/W 2007 season Fashion forecast.

• Developed PIP of the entire collection including documentation on the collections to provide better understanding to the entire team including the various store managers and store in- charge.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ISTITUTO MARANGONI, MILAN, ITALY - OCT 2009 - JUNE 2010

Graduated with Master in Fashion Styling.

Collaborated with Mauro Grifoni and Baldinini brands, in the Styling projects and prepared and developed editorials.

Developed a range of Multimedia flash animated window display for season Spring Summer 2010 for Harvey Nichols.

Developed Trend maps and Fashion guides for the various seasons respectively.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY , MUMBAI, INDIA - APRIL 2004 - JUNE 2008

Obtained Bachelors’ degree in Fashion Technology

Received the Best Garment Construction Award in the final Design collection (2004 – 2008) sponsored by Usha Machines.

COMPUTER TOOLS PROFICIENCY:

Operating Systems: Windows Family, Mac OS Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Adobe Illustrator CS4

Adobe Flash CS4 Corel Draw Graphic suite X5

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Won “Best Garment Construction Award “in the Final Design Collection jury at NIFT, Mumbai 2004-2008

Won the contest by SDC on my final design collection by Government of textiles

Craft documentation under cluster development programme for design registration & IPR for the religious idols making craft

Won award as the creative artist in Bombay Arts and Sports contest

Participated in Wills Lifestyle debut contest as a Fashion Designer

My Styling assignments have been published in Grazia Italia, Look Book and Campaign of Italian Brand ‘’Swap Inside’’, Grazia Italia Magazine and Grazia India.

Award of Certificates and Appreciation

Received appreciation Letters from NIFT Professors

Some of my Styling work can be viewed at my site

http://www.wix.com/aditimohan/fashionstylist

References available on Request

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