2005
Sally
Beers authored the chapter "Tips and Considerations
When Hiring a Patternmaker" in The
Fashion Designer Survival Guide: An Insider's Look at Starting
and Running Your Own Fashion Business by Mary Gehlhar.
2006
Pattern-Design
happily moved from remote Estancia, NM to culturally diverse
Albuquerque mid 2006.
We have maintained our ongoing clients: Sense
Clothing, Eileen Fisher,
Pixton Bridal, Barrier
Wear, Aquawear, Smockers,
Tan Through, Little
in the Middle, and others.
2007
Most
importantly we took on more design work; Pattern-Design
was hired to design a high end lingerie line for the start up
company La Coi Mondain. We took the line from concept through
production: designed, sketched, completed presentation boards,
designed laces, created new fabrication and trim treatments,
designed prints, created color themes and chose base fabrics
for a fashion forward look and fit. We delivered the "fit"
prototypes and production patterns to the Hong Kong factory.
The line is now in it's 1st phase of production and we will
post it's progress which is slated for a 2008 opening.
In
addition to working with our ongoing clients, we have picked
up new ones: Harlot
Wear, Olimac Mfg.Corp, HyPERCEPTION,
and many start ups that we will report on when they are ready
to show.
Pattern
- Design Team
Morgen
Larsen, an independent pattern maker/designer has been
working with pattern-design.com for about 1 1/2 yrs. Her talents
range from having a fine design sense, a keen eye for color
and silhouette to supervising the making of "fit"
sample garments. She has been making manual and computer 1st
through production patterns for a wide range of categories from
men's tops and bottoms to women's inner wear, swim wear, bridal
and ready to wear.
Morgen
has a B.A. in Fine Art from the College of St. Catherine in
St. Paul, MN (2004). While there she was selected for several
departmental awards and scholarships. For two years she was
editor of the college's annual art and literature publication,
the Ariston.
Garment design and construction, as well as textile art and
hand knitting, have long been interests of hers. Morgan enjoys
working with pattern-design.com and looks forward to her continuing
career in the apparel industry.
Margaret
Adams, a multi talented individual, is part of the
team and contributes her skills in construction with a careful
and detail oriented approach to the "fit" sample prototypes.
Her resume is too long to add in entirety. Precision is her
middle name AND she's lots of fun. She has had her own boutique,
supplied it with fashion apparel, conducted fittings, created
and oversaw complete garments as well as alterations. Jewelry
design is another expressed talent of hers.
Start
up HELP and valuable general INFO
Fashion
- Incubator
is a place to find lots of apparel technical help as well as
industry news and start up excitement. Kathleen Fasanella has
a book that is a must for a start up. She reviews trade shows,
juries design events and gives her opinions. Her site and blog
is at the top of the list of most viewed sites in this category.
