Weehawken, NJ 07087 201-348-0772 CCarcamo14@Yahoo.com 2004-2008 Un-thinkable Inc. - Claude Brown Collections, ITW By: Claude Brown /Becky & Max-- New York, NY Professional Experience
Technical Design Manager for:
It’s the Weekend (ITW) & Better sportswear line, Claude Brown contemporary line, - Becky & Max Dresses - All Cut & Sew Knits & Sweaters - (For All lines) - Frock & Roll - Young Junior Girls Knit line Set- up technical department w/ PDM program presently using- photo shop Digital pictures - diagrams for methods of corrections, Set up standards With guide lines for Factories - Measuring methods, grading set-up. Responsible for all live fitting, all communications & corrections Trained staff to follow direction for communications to factories Worked with patternmakers for all pattern corrections Private Labels: Talbot’s - Lilly Rubin / Cache - Neiman Marcus Catalog - Saks Off 5th, QVC, Soft Surroundings, Boston Proper, Bloomingdales Direct, -Lord & Taylor Dresses - worked w/ all privates’ labels - Made all technical corrections for private label
1999-2004 Newport News Catalog, New York, NY
Sr. Technical Designer-Development & Production / Outerwear/Soft Dressing/Tailored Sportswear Professional Experience
First development packages in all woven for:
Outerwear, - Leather outerwear & all woven sportswear,
Developed Shape-A-Fix - special inter knit structures inside Garment - inside pant -dresses -tops-jackets for shaping affects- Manage 6 technical designers, arranging fitting for all Technician’s designers direct fittings on live model, direct fit evaluation & documentation of necessary pattern corrections, garment Construction and sewing instructions for fit corrections for all Sportswear, Corrections done by, E-mail faxing, phone communication Responsible sending grade sheets, follow thru final production oversee all work & Communications going to all agents. 1993-1998 Liz Claiborne Inc., New York, NY Technical Designer Professional Experience First development packages spec garments from factory. Arranged fittings with model. Make comments and corrections to factories. Complete packages. Technical Design Patternmaker for Knits - Collection - Studio - Liz wear- Liz Sport-Developed entire Knit Library of Slopers for all knit departments to use for the CompanyFirst pattern through production, Follow-through with specs, garment construction, sample, and pattern tracing sent to factories overseas. Follow-up with garment back from factory. Analyze garment for fit and construction and send comments back to factory. Head sample room and oversee work productivity. Developed Library for all knits complete w/ pattern, spec & sew sample.
Education
1974-1976 Pacific Fashion Institute, San Francisco, CA Fashion Design Certificate
1980 Parsons School of Design New York, NY Fashion Drawing & Tailoring 1978-1982 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY B.A. in Patternmaking References Furnished Upon Request