Placement Year- Emily Maudsley Fashion

Embellishment and Embroidery Placement 3 Months June 3 rd  to August 23 rd  2019 About her and the business   Suzie is as couture designer hand crafting elaborate gowns all bespoke and individual, her designing shows the vast creative freedom she has without boundaries such as budget. The type of clientele who wear her garments are very lucrative and confidential, when I arrived I had the privilege to over see the production of a gown for Tiffany Trump. This was a silk organza dress with a clinched corset and embellished hand made feather flowers encrusted with Swarovski crystal centres trailing down. (see below)                                                                    Designing process & pieces I worked on   Commission pie...

Lucky Monday - Knitwear placement 3 Months About the company Lucky Monday is a Knitwear Manufacturer and Wholesaler situated in Camden London. Their accounts include Asos, Next, Urban Outfitters, Miss Selfridge, Monsoon, Collusion and Pretty Little Thing. All designing and CAD work is done in house and then sent off to their factories in the Far-East which they visit regularly to look and new sampling techniques and new yarn compositions.       Set up The ground level consisted of an open plan studio where the designers worked along side the directors, accountants, merchandiser, production assistants and sales assistants. The team was small and around 20 staff so was always a warm environment and you got to know everyone quickly. There was a show room on the top floor where they present to buyers from the accounts and shopping research or production and development that was relevant to ...