Emily Battisti Fashion Design Portfolio

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S C H O O L O F D E S I G N A R T A R C H I T E C T U R E & P L A N N I N G

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E D U C AT I O N W O R K E X P E R I E N C EUNI V E RSI T Y OF C I NC I NNAT I |

College of D e s i g n A r t A r c h i t e c t u r e & P l a n n i n g Cincinnati, Ohio

Fashion Design—Design Track | Class of 2013

C E NT E RV I LLE HI GH SC HOOL | Centerville, Ohio

A B E RC ROMB I E & FI T C H | New Albany, OhioTechnical Design Intern | M A R C H ‘ 1 1 – J U N E ‘ 1 1Assisted and evaluated all stages of the fit process for all brands outerwear, sweaters and sweater accessoriesCompleted initial tech packages and issued fit comments

C HI C O’S FA S | Fort Myers, FloridaDesign Intern, Woven tops & bottoms | S E P T E M B E R ‘ 1 0 – D E C E M B E R ‘ 1 0Assisted with the design and development of garments in the woven tops and woven bottoms departmentsCompleted all technical sketches and tech packages

DONNA DEGNA N | New York, New YorkDesign Intern | M A R C H ‘ 1 0 – J U N E ‘ 1 0

Shot web photos and illustrated Fall ‘10 collectionAssisted with design concept and maintained all technical flats for Resort and Spring ‘11 collections.

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General Studies | Class of 2008

NA T ORI | D E C E M B E R ‘ 1 1Ready to Wear Design Intern | S E P T E M B E R ‘ 1 1 –

Completed and presented extensive research for Spring ‘13 concept directionAssisted in all stages of ready to wear design development from concept to final samples in both knits and wovens

R E F E R E N C E S A N D P O R T F O L I O AVA I L A B L E U P O N R E Q U E S T

S K I L L SC OMP UT E R

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Bridge,

Garment construction, flat patterning, draping, tailoring,technical flats, fashion photography, machine knitting, fashion

illustration, watercolor and advanced fine arts

Web PDM, Gerber Accumark & Pattern Design Silhouette,Lectra Kaledo, Microsoft Word and Excel

Golden Brush Award June 2011

Fashion Design Student Association (2008-present)Students for Ecological Design(2008-present)

National Society for Collegiate Scholars (2009-2010)

Sons of Italy Scholarship Recipient (2008 & 2012)

National Art Honors Society, Vice President 2008

T E C HNI C A L

LA SE NZA | Columbus, Ohio

New York, New York

J U N E ‘ 1 2Luxe Lingerie Design Intern | M A R C H ‘ 1 2 –Assisted in design of Holiday ‘12 collection and collaborated with design team forinitial design development of Spring ’13 luxury bras, panties and costume lingerie

D E C E M B E R ‘ 1 2Print & Pattern Design Intern | S E P T E M B E R ‘ 1 2 –Applied fine art skills to produce original artwork, utilized computer software to manipulate artwork into repeatable prints for lingerie and caual sleepSupervised artwork through all stages of production- creation of colorway, reviewof initial strike off submits and final print

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