• I define the « fabrics sensibility » as a tranverse medium in the various fields of arts-applied. Its most famous application is fashion. But colours and materials are used in product design, interior design, accessories, patterns, graphics, or photography, to improve projects. This part of design gives an additional point of view which can make the difference between 2 projects. 

  The textile designer, as the source of new innovative textile and products, anticipates and reflects the imprint of a given age. He or she drives demand for aesthetic designs, spurs the development of techniques and infuses spirit into materials. The textile designer plays a role in materials, colours, patterns, structures and forms until the completion of the finished product, basing her collections on given markets, techniques, applications and used.

  The designer brings to the daily environment a sense of direction, an aesthetic and cultural dimension as well as economic value.

   

  "The link between products design and fashion design is the textiles. They are dedicated to food each others. "

  "The harmony of colors and materials is a specific skill, practiced in fashion. Produce beautiful is sometimes something missing in products design."

  Gérard LAIZE, president of VIA, June 13 at IFM during the Paris Designers Days.

   

  Having already made thoses observations, after my fashion employee experiences, I started my freelance project in January 2009. In order to diversify my action and to offer a sensitive approach differents design fileds, which allways need a colours, materials and sensitivity reflexion.
  
  

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• Free Lance employee designer since January 2009 
  

22 October to 22 November 2009
During the « 3rd Photography month », exhibition of my picture in the Antoine et Lili shop windows, on the Canal Saint Martin, Paris.

Since October 2009

Textile designer for ARMOR LUX.

Since July 2009

1.2.3 : Responsable of fabrics R&D for the brand of Etam Group
Print and materials propositions for the collection. And for the line which will be developped with the model Eva Herzigova for summer 2010.

Work experiences

August 2007 to November 2008
Group BCBG MAX AZRIA : Fabrics, prints and colors researcher and coordinator for the Manoukian line

Prêt à Porter label with 150 boutiques throughout Europe.
Appointed to add excitement and vitality into the spirit of the Manoukian collection.
To revitalise the materials and decorative aspects.

- International sourcing (Paris, Shanghai, Milan, Como, Honk Kong...)
- Integral part in creation of seasonal themes and trend boards.
- Principal role in the creation of the seasons colour palettes across both knitwear and wovens.
- Edit the collection of fabrics to inspire the designers whilst always focused on buy plans and budgets.
- Interact directly with BCBG Los Angeles to coordinate and develop new print themes.
- Communicate and validate all woven and printed fabrics with the mills for sampling and bulk production.

January 2006 to August 2007
COTELAC : Fabrics and accessories designer

Prêt à Porter brand with 37 French boutiques and an expending international business : USA, Europe, Taïwan and Japan. A diffusion line “acoté” (younger core customer) and a Menswear capsule collection complete the business. 

- Worked on new fabric developments directly with the mills, following sampling through to production for all 3 lines.
- Responsible for the research and development of a new accessories range, from initial sketches through to sealing and production.
- Success with 100% sell through on a boot design initiating an instant “best seller” for repeat orders.
- Created and edited numerous look books and advertising / promotional material for acoté and Cotélac Homme.

September 2004          
DIMATEX Finishing Textile
Completed trend project and developed that through to a laser cut collection of fabrics.

June to July 2004
DIOR Haute Couture
Assistant to the Studio coordinator for the Automn Winter 2004-2005 Haute Couture collection.
Pressurised environment during the lead up to the catwalk show.

May to June 2002
JULIEN FAURE
Designed jacquard and ribbons fabrics for Spring Summer 2003 collection.

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  Events

May to October 2005
Winner of “Les Espoirs de la création” / Comité Colbert.
Modern “picnic basket” for the Champagnes RUINART (LVMH).
Prototype and concept exhibited during the FIAC luxe ! in the Louvre.

April to October 2005
Garden festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire (Loire Valley, France)
Created laser cut screens exhibited in the garden entitled «1465-2005 : “Embroidered memory”.

March 2003
Winner of “La mode s’exprime, elle s’imprime” / SETLR.
Competition to promote Lyon printed textiles.

November 2002 to Mars 2003
Collaboration with Marie-Ange GUILLEMINOT, Paris based artiste.
Formulating “Hiroshima” exhibition at the Museum of Bourgoin-Jallieu.

December 2002
Winner of “Utopia and radicality in the 60’s and 70’s”.
Designed jacquard and print entitled “Mao, the cultural revolution”.

November 2000
Winner of “Graphic designers around the world” during the “Echirolles Graphic Month” (France).

• Education
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  2007
  Formation “The culture of colors”
  IFM (Paris, France)
  

2003-2005
Higher Diploma of the Applied Arts passed with the “Congratulations of the Jury”.
La Martinière Terreaux School (Lyon, France)        
Global design: spaces, objects, images, communication, fashion... 

2001-2003
BTS Textile and Printing passed with “Distinction”.
Diderot School (Lyon, France)

2001
French Baccalauréat passed with “Merit”.
Marie Curie School (Echirolles, France)
Specialism : Applicated Arts.

Computer skills
Fluent in Word, Excel.
Advanced working in Photoshop, Illustrator and In design.

Personal interest
Travels : Asian and African continents particularly excite me with visual, cultural and social contrasts.
Culture : Opera, theatre and dance – fascination with interpretation through costumes and stage design.
Active: running, rowing, snowboarding.
Additionnal : photography : travel journals / reportages.