Textile | Product Development
I began my career in Product Development in 2004 with international retailer Wal-Mart where I created art and sketches for apparel groups under the internal brand NOBO in the areas of boys, girls, and young mens. I developed documents to communicate art to overseas partners, and trend strategy to the supplier base. My focus was to align with our trend office in New York to create art for placement screens, tossed prints, and sketches of direct import items, at this time I traveled domestically for communication. Over time, my responsibilities began to include graphic / textile design of apparel lines for direct import in the area of intimates over all internal brands. I was called upon to travel internationally to ensure product execution and make changes to the treatment of fabric, and art that benefited the bottom line. I also traveled domestically to trend spot new treatments, details, and fabrics. In 2008, I followed my career to Seattle to work with the Nordstrom Product Group. In addition to some print design, I was responsible for print and color management from inspiration to execution for internal brands Stem, Hinge, and Flounce as part of the TBD team.
Since then I have explored other mediums, but I always come back to fabric. Currently, the Guildery, a highly curated luxury home decor retailer is showing some of my fabric groups.
