ALEENA BROWN DESIGNS
ABOUT ME
When I was 5 years old my grandmother taught me how to sew sparking a life long love for learning more about sewing, pattern making, & design. I was able to further strengthen my knowledge of garment construction throughout my time as an assistant sewing teacher for Fashion First Workshops. I am passionate about pushing the limits of design with fabric manipulation, creative pattern making & textile design, to create garments that add a refreshing new take on current trends and silhouettes.
SKILLS & STRENGTHS
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Technical Black & White sketchs (hand & illustrator)
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CAD sketching in illustrator
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Hand figure sketching and fabric rendering (acrylic, watercolors, goauche, markers, and color pencils)
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Advanced sewing and tailoring Skills​​
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Juki Machines
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Hand Knitting
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Textile Design (silk painting, screen printing, full repeat patterns, dying, relief and block printing)
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Creative Pattern making (3D & from draping)
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Self starter who loves to take initiate
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Passionate about learning new things and gaining new experiences
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Organized and incredibly detail oriented
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Ability to reinvent and give classic silhouettes new life with extensive knowledge of garment construction, creative pattern making, and fabric manipulations
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Ability to troubleshoot problems that may arise with creative solutions that maintain the integrity of the original design intent
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Experience working with overseas partners & factories
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Communicating effectively and clearly with cross functional teammates and colleagues
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Excited about learning new skills & how things work, I have gained lots of knowledge and experience throughout my almost two and a half years working in the fashion industry in both Women’s Luxury Sleepwear & Intimates and Girl’s Mass Market:
- Creating tech packs for Women’s sleepwear & intimates and Girl’s cut & sew knits, sweaters, active, denim & other wovens
- Sketching (both color for presentations and line sheets & black & white technical for tech packs)
- Cross functional communication
- Helping update & maintain design line sheets
- Attending Market Meetings
- PLM experience (Centric PLM, Be Product, Gerber Yinque PLM)
- Creating physical & digital mood boards
- Trend research
- Rigging & story telling for concept meetings
- Meeting with suppliers & vendors to forge relationships and select brand right materials
- Close communication with overseas factory’s throughout initial concept to final production
- Elastic & trim development
- Closely reviewing all AFM & SMS samples
- Production art pages & print development
- Working closely with the packaging team and factories
- Maintaining showroom inventory & presentation
- Assisting with Photoshoots for concepting or market presentations
- Reviewing Strike offs & lab dips for initial development and final production
- Attending fittings from initial specs to PPs
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My experience working on both PRL Women’s Sleepwear & Intimates and Walmart Girl’s PL & Character licensed children’s wear has provided me with a unique insight on how both design processes of both Mass Market & Luxury work.
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PROGRAMS & SKILLS​​
ILLUSTRATOR
MIRO
CENTRIC PLM
GERBER YINQUE PLM
PHOTOSHOP
BE PRODUCT
EXCEL
XD
SKETCH UP
CLO
WORD
POWERPOINT
EDUCATION & AWARDS
Marist University
BFA in Fashion Design, Marist College, Graduation May 2023, Summa Cum Laude GPA: 3.86
2020 -2023
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Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA in Fashion Design and a Minor in Product Development. Took both product development and design classes that helped me improve my understanding of topics such as patternmaking, sewing construction, textile/print design, supply chain management, Excel, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Clo, knitwear, and many other subject areas.
Marist Fashion Designer of the Year Award (Senior Collection Review)
May, 2023
Industry professionals from companies including American Eagle, Centric Brands, G-iii, Haddad, Kate Spade, & Ralph Lauren reviewed the Marist College senior collections and portfolios of all 35 senior design majors during two separate review panels. I received perfect scores from the first panel who assessed my four look senior collection that focused on functionality and sustainability. The second panel evaluated our portfolios that included three design projects: our senior collections, a brand inspired collection, and product category focused collection.