Trend Tran
trend @studiobuu.com
www.studiobuu.com

 

OBJECTIVE:

 

1st Pattern Through Production/ Technical design with men's/ women’s wear company

 

EDUCATION

 

BFA, Fashion Design, The Art Institute of California-San-Francisco, 09/06
AA, Fashion Design, The Art Institute of Colorado, Denver 2002
Dean's list, Won Portfolio Review Excellence 06/2002
Certificate, Web Development, Denver Community College, Denver, CO 2004
Dean's List 2003- 2004

 

EXPERIENCE

02/07-02/09 RAJ manufacturing INC. Tustin, CA
Did 1st pattern through production: Guess collection, Guess swimwear, Marciano, G by Guess, Guess Factory, O’Neill, Hurley, St John, Tommy Hilfiger Junior and Miss, Ella Moss, Private label: Jc Penney, Athena, bebe, Pacsun, Eddie Bauer, Anchor Blue, Alloy, and Land'Send

11/06-05/07 AJ Union Manufacturing, and Distribution of Premium Apparel, Garden Grove, CA,Techincal design men’s and women’s urban wear, did pattern, grading, marker through production, name a few of clients, Chip and Pepper, Wor International, Hustler, Davis Harley, Hot Tuna, and Rusty.

Sales Associate, and Tailoring
08/01-09/04 Neiman Marcus, Dillard's South West Plaza, Lord & Taylor, Denver, CO
Maintained personal client contact achieving annual sales of half-million, did fittings men's suits and women's dresses for alterations, visual merchandising, and self-employer

01/03- 08/03 Matthew Ryan Lee, Denver, CO, Sewing Contractor
Laid out master patterns on marker paper, spread and yielded fabrics, checked fabric nap, fixed bows and skews, operated master control cutter machines with 6” to12” straight knives, sized and bundled cut garments to local sewers

03/02-05/02 Studio Bini Children's Apparel, Denver, CO, Design Intern
Assisted with design, patternmaking, sew first sample, maintaining swatch library. Used Illustrator, photoshop to create textile designs and technical flats

 
FASHION SHOWS

 

Festival Bridal Show, Fashion Show Assistant 07/04
Mrs. Colorado Beauty Pageant, Designer swimwear line 08/04
Studiobuu Fashion Shows, Producer 09/03

SKILLS

 

PAD and Nedgraphics: EasyWeave, EasyKnit, EasyColors, EasyMap Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Freehand, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Hand and computer illustration, flat technical drawings
Patternmaking: grading, markers, cutting, draping, sample production, silk screen printing, computer textile design, surface design, wovens and knits
Fluent English and Vietnamese

 
ASSOCIATIONS

 

Fashion Group International Los Angeles Region, member
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society member