Christine Kähler

Product design and creation of Polo Shirts, Jersey Shirts, Knit Jacket and Cardigans • Assitant Design for Casual Shirts and Outdoor Products • Creation and Design of seasonal trims • Support to develop and visulize the colorcards per season • trend research • store checks in Europe • fairs •

• Product creation from design handover till the industrial garment production • Build of Materials creation based on technical drawings • Product catergories: Yoga, Studio/Dance, Cover Ups, Tennis, Golf, Cycling, Swim • Style pattern creating for the Tennis Player Caroline Woszniaski • Mentoring interns in product development

• Creating fully graded global basic patterns, style patterns and size charts • Mentoring new employees and interns in pattern makeing • Coordinating and Craetion the Men's Basic Pattern • Development trips to Sri Lanka/Colombo, China/ Shanghai, Thailand/ Bangkok and Khon Khan

• Assisting in creating fully graded basic pattern, style pattern and size charts • development of modelpatterns for difficult and complex styles(Gerber software)

• Development technical drawing with Macromedia Freehand • Transfer hand drawings, photos and inspiration pictures from different design media • developing design trends and innovations into denim products and jackets • trend analysis and creating colour concepts

• Trend research • Translation of the trends into her design language • Creating technical drawings and hand sketches • Buying into fabrics and trims for the collection • Visualizing her designs with photo shoots and graphics for the commercial internet plattform • Pattern development in base-/ customer sizes • Sewing her products (with special constumer's requests) • Selling the range in the store in Duesseldorf • Support the daily business in her own store

At the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences I started 2003 my study, which was called: Diploma Design- Engineering - Specialization Fashion. I’m a fashion designer with knowledge of product development, pattern making etc (to be prepared for the clothing industry in one package).