Rebecca Damm
Bis 2011, Capacity Builder and Sustainable Livelihoods, Voluntary Services Overseas
London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Rebecca Damm
Bis heute 14 Jahre und 1 Monat, seit Juni 2010
Reporter on ethical supply chains
Ethical Fashion Forum-Source magazine
• Reporting on new developments in sustainable/ethical sourcing in the fashion industry worldwide.
1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2011
Capacity Builder and Sustainable Livelihoods
Voluntary Services Overseas
• Working on the ground on a Value Chain development project that helped sustain the livelihoods of Mongolian Nomadic Herders. • Orchestrating Focus Group discussions between herders and factories. • Forming transparent links between Mongolian Herders with National factories and their products with a Western market, therefore increasing the demand for herder’s fibres. • Helping herders increase their income by creating small crafts using their fibre to sell locally. Training given in using hand weaving/spin
2 Jahre, Sep. 2008 - Aug. 2010
Menswear reporter and Image Analyst
WGSN
• Contributing to the Menswear department, writing and researching articles for the website as well as taking and trending street/catwalk shots. • Street shots reports, trending and writing.
• Head designer for shirting, tailoring, accessory, leather and swimwear collections. • Working to tight deadlines within a pressurised and fast paced company with a high turnover. • Controlling the process of my collections, to coincide with the monthly delivery dates. • Working with multiple suppliers in several countries, coordinating sample deliveries. • Presenting findings to the buyers and product managers. • Visiting supplier factories abroad; to observe how sample making and production.
2 Jahre und 1 Monat, Apr. 2004 - Apr. 2006
Menswear Designer
Josep Abril
• Assistant designer at Josep Abril a menswear designer who creates conceptual collections. • Undertaking the responsibility of designing the whole jersey collection called UNDERS and assisting with designing and tailoring the woven collection. • Evolving my creativity within an open-minded design environment, as well as hands on experience of every aspect to how a small design company functions. • Selecting fabrics at fairs for the collection, buying the fabrics quantities and controlling the deliveries.
10 Monate, Juli 2003 - Apr. 2004
Assistant womenswear designer
Fritter
Womenswear designer Patterncutter
2003 - 2004
Head designer
Rebecca Damm bag designs
Designed and produced "one-off" hand bags which were distributed and sold throughout Catalunya
Ausbildung von Rebecca Damm
3 Jahre und 10 Monate, Sep. 1998 - Juni 2002
Fashion Design
Kent Institute of Art and Design
Design development pattern cutting history of fashion and design/art
10 Monate, Sep. 1997 - Juni 1998
Art and Design
Thurrock Technical College
Fashion Photography
1990 - 1997
Anglo European School
Art
Sprachen
Englisch
Muttersprache
Spanisch
Fließend
Französisch
Gut
Catalan
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Mongolian
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