Rebecca Damm

• Reporting on new developments in sustainable/ethical sourcing in the fashion industry worldwide.

• Working on the ground on a Value Chain development project that helped sustain the livelihoods of Mongolian Nomadic Herders. • Orchestrating Focus Group discussions between herders and factories. • Forming transparent links between Mongolian Herders with National factories and their products with a Western market, therefore increasing the demand for herder’s fibres. • Helping herders increase their income by creating small crafts using their fibre to sell locally. Training given in using hand weaving/spin

• Contributing to the Menswear department, writing and researching articles for the website as well as taking and trending street/catwalk shots. • Street shots reports, trending and writing.

• Head designer for shirting, tailoring, accessory, leather and swimwear collections. • Working to tight deadlines within a pressurised and fast paced company with a high turnover. • Controlling the process of my collections, to coincide with the monthly delivery dates. • Working with multiple suppliers in several countries, coordinating sample deliveries. • Presenting findings to the buyers and product managers. • Visiting supplier factories abroad; to observe how sample making and production.

• Assistant designer at Josep Abril a menswear designer who creates conceptual collections. • Undertaking the responsibility of designing the whole jersey collection called UNDERS and assisting with designing and tailoring the woven collection. • Evolving my creativity within an open-minded design environment, as well as hands on experience of every aspect to how a small design company functions. • Selecting fabrics at fairs for the collection, buying the fabrics quantities and controlling the deliveries.

Womenswear designer Patterncutter

Designed and produced "one-off" hand bags which were distributed and sold throughout Catalunya

Design development pattern cutting history of fashion and design/art

Fashion Photography

Art