RADWA RADWAN

• fashion designer •

CONTACT EDUCATION

+447455012372 2013 - 2014 • Nottingham Trent International College

radwaradwan@outlook.com Foundation in Art & Design
radwaradwan.weebly.com
@radwaradwandesign 2014 - 2018 • Nottingham Trent University
@radwa_illustrates BA(Hons) Fashion Design
linkedin.com/in/radwa-radwan

EXPERIENCE
Aug 2021 FASHION STUDIO LTD.
-Present Fashion Designer/Pattern Cutter

• Multi-product Designer
• Work with high street and fast fashion brands such as I Saw it First, Influence, Wednesday's Girl and
Native Youth
• Work with different customers who have very different styles and brand identity and tailoring my
design approach to fit each customer
• Trend tracking and bringing newness of upcoming trends
• Trend prediction - I have developed the expertise of finding trends through both catwalk and social
movements that suit the customer.
• Lead the design team
• Attend buyers meetings in Manchester
• Work with the buyers directly on mood boards to research the latest trends, fabrics, trims, prints and
colour palettes for each seasonal drop
• Liaise with suppliers, retailers and buyers alike
• Source and order fabrics, trims and prints
• Develop new prints
• Complete spec sheets, design packs, and range develop
• Attend fit sessions
• Create first patterns
• Work with the buyers and garment technologists on pattern amendments
• Create production patterns
• Cut patterns from samples or size specs
• Conduct fit sessions
• Instruct and assist the sample machinist in constructing the garments
• Instruct and assist production staff in production
• Instruct and assist the sealer/grader in digitising and grading the patterns
• Stepping in as a sealer/grader
• Stepping in as a garment technologist
• Stepping in as a graphic designer

Mar 2020 I.M.M. LTD.

- Nov 2020 Fashion Designer/Pattern Cutter

• Work with high street and fast fashion brands such as Boohoo, PLT, I Saw it First, Misguided and Quiz
• Lead the design team • Liaise with suppliers, retailers and buyers alike
• Create first patterns • Complete spec sheets, design packs, and range developments
• Create production patterns • Amendments
• Cost engineering • Cut patterns from samples or size specs

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

 RADWA RADWAN
• fashion designer •

CONTACT EDUCATION

+447455012372 2013 - 2014 • Nottingham Trent International College

radwaradwan@outlook.com Foundation in Art & Design
radwaradwan.weebly.com
@radwaradwandesign 2014 - 2018 • Nottingham Trent University
@radwa_illustrates BA(Hons) Fashion Design
linkedin.com/in/radwa-radwan

EXPERIENCE

Nov 2020 PEER Aug 2020 T.K.MAXX

- Present Co-founder/Creative Director - Aug Freelance Stylist
2020
Peer is a genderless and sustainable clothing • Style and shoot new products
brand that offers made-to-order clothing, for their website
jewellery and accessories. I founded the • Still shooting and live shooting
company alongside my sister and I handle • Work with photographers
the creative and manufacturing process and models on set
from
start to finish.

June 2018 IPSEITY ACHEIVEMENTS

- May 2021 Freelance Designer

Creating capsule collections of limited pieces 2018 Collaboration with Ipseity

In a collaboration with retail
for London based retail company Ipseity, for
their pop up stores all around the UK and company Ipseity, I designed
Europe. My role included designing and and manufactured a capsule
presenting the collections, sourcing fabrics collection for their Paris
and trims, pattern cutting, manufacturing the edition, which included a
garments and costing. pop-up store in Paris and an
online store
Nov 2018 Anya Hindmarch
2018 Collaboration with retail
- Dec 2018 Sales Consultant
company Witty Muse
• Team-working
• Liase with manager
2019 Don't Walk
• Support cash desk Had my collection featured in
• Customer liaison
charity fashion show in
• Developing high standards
Scotland Don't Walk

SKILLS

Team-working Garment construction / fitting Technical specifications

Research / concept skills Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign Cultural awareness

Design development Creative pattern cutting Visual communication skills

Fabrication + colour Technical thinking Fashion illustration

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST