APPAREL DESIGN PORTFOLIO
AMY CAIN
C O N TA C T
amycain25@gmail.com
FOCUS
Apparel Production & Apparel Design
E D U C AT I O N
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Apparel Merchandising & Design DALE CARNEGIE CERTIFICATE Communications Strategies
WEBSITE
amyc253.wixsite.com/whoisamy
VOLUNTEER
NEW CREATION CHURCH Nov. 2018 - Present. Hillsboro, Oregon •Provide smooth light color transitions for worship music session. •Bi-weekly volunteering for 2 services. •Become technically sync with the worship singers. SUSTAINABLE FASHION FORUM April 2019, Portland, Oregon • Assisted SFF founder with speaker line-ups • Guided 25 speakers in order for panels • Volunteered 12 hours for the conference. FASHIONXT WEEK Oct. 2018 Portland, Oregon •Assisted collection runway line-up. • Guided 40+ models backstage each night. •Assisted designers with quick changes. •Volunteered a total of 25 hours for the week
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LOOPTWORKS / UPCYCLED PRODUCTION ASSISTANT July 2018 - Present. Portland, Oregon •Deconstruct apparel, organize fabric and trims kits for sewers. •Assist with distribution center fabric pick-ups and sorting. •Assisting the Product Line Manager in production. •B2B Upcycling partnerships projects NBA, Delta Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Patagonia, Lands End and more. LOOPTWORKS / DESIGN & PRODUCTION INTERN March 2018 - July 2018 Portland, Oregon •Sorted and prepared fabric for contract sewers. •Assisted with upcycled prototypes for the Ann Taylor and Delta. •Learned production machinery skills BANANA REPUBLIC/ STORE ASSOCIATE March 2018 – Present Hillsboro, Oregon • Approached customers with quality communication skills. • Organized and rearranged merchandise on the sales floor. • Worked with IOS devices for purchases and online orders. • Consistented walkie-talkie communication with sales staff.
GLOBAL MAMAS / DESIGN INTERN May 2017 – June 2017 Cape Coast, Ghana • Executed a trend research presentation for Fall/Winter 2018/2019. • Guided the design competition for the designers and batikers. • Duplicated pattern pieces and measured fabric layouts for the sewers.
SKILLS
Up-cycling Production Patternmaking Adobe Illustrator Sewing Retail Service Event Planning InDesign Trend Forecasting PLM Kaledo
Content Looptworks
Production / Upcycling / CAD / Technical Design
Z(est.) Product Development
Branding / Research / Trend Forecasting / Excel / CAD / Technical Design / Sewing / Fitting/ PLM / Teamwork /
Global Mamas Ghana International travel / Batiking / Assistant Design Intern / Culture
Deep Insight Collection Trend Forecasting / CAD / Technical Design / Sewing / Fitting / Fashion Show Organization
Kaledo Prints
CAD / Flat Prints / Tonal Prints / Wovens / Knits
Upcycled Designs
Mood Board / Upcycling / Draping / Patternmaking / Free Time
I designed a simple rolltop backpack to go along with the upcycling of poster banners. Portland Community College gave us 10-12 banners and produced 76 rolltop backpacks with my design.
NOTIONS: 1. Two 7” (1” wide) webbing [top quick release closure straps] 2. 60” (1” wide) webbing [back straps] 3. Two 10” (1” wide) webbing [bottom extension straps] 4. One 10” (1” wide) webbing [embroidered handle] 5. Two 12” (1” wide) webbing [bottom quick release closure straps] 6. Two (1” quick release set) 7. Two tension locks 8. Black nylon thread.
17.75”
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR FABRIC 1. Portland Community College banners. 2. Nylon Navy Blue Liner. PATTERNS: 1. Cut two exterior body pieces 2. Cut two interior liner pieces 3. Cut one interior pocket
19”
12”
EXTERIOR BODY
INTERIOR BODY
INTERIOR POCKET
Portland Community College recieved 76 backpacks upcycled from 10-12 banners. Production took a full day to trace, deconstruct and mark. With the labor of 2 people. The contract sewer easily understood how to sew the backpack based on my design and markings.
For Looptworks, I organize sheets for products and the technical pattern pieces. Details of these sheets include: piece labels, measurments, fabric cutting, notches, drill holes and punch holes. This sheet is important for proper production guidance.
EXTERIOR PATTERNS
NBA ROLLTOP BACKPACK Fabric Content: CANVAS & JERSEY
1.25” 6.75”
18” 8.25”
17.75” 20”
17.5”
strap placement handle placement
FOAM STRAP FOAM Cut 2 (Right and Left)
Upper Back Canvas Cut 1
handle placement strap placement
Upper Front Canvas Cut 1
14”
Strap Canvas Cut 2
15.5”
webbing drill holes
17.5”
19.5”
17.5” Lower Back Canvas Cut 1
17”
4.75”
Front Bucket Jersey Cut 1
6.75” 16.75”
2” 3”
21.375” 4.75”
Pattern Details 1. Upper Front (MARK NOTCHES) 2. Front Bucket (CUT JERSEY) 3. Strap 4. Upper Back (MARK NOTCHES) 5. Lower Back (MARK NOTCHES)
2.25”
15.5”
Back Stripe Jersey Cut 2
2”
17”
3”
Foam
Exterior Patterns
This pattern piece is for foam inserts.
These pattern pieces need to be PERFECT. They are in public sight. Cut only clean canvas and jersey fabric.
Jersey These pattern pieces need to be cut from Jerseys. Must be equally aligned
Interior Patterns These pattern pieces need to be moderately clean. These patterns are hidden. Drill Holes
Trace only with pen/chalk!
Notches Mark with chalk.
Punch Holes Mark first with pen then, punch with leather punch.
EXTERIOR PATTERNS debossed logo patch placement
DOPP KIT HANDLE rivet punch, .125”
rivet punch, .125”
11.5” X 0.75”
DOPP KIT FLAP FACING magnetic snap 10.1875” x 1.625” rivet punch, .125”
rivet punch, .125”
DOPP KIT SWIVEL SNAP TAB D-RING TAB
7.75” x 0.875”
DOPP KIT FLAP 10.1875” x 13.375”
1.625” x 0.875”
FLAP FACING RIGHT
4.75” x 8.125”
FLAP FACING LEFT
4.75” x 8.125”
SWIVEL SNAP TAB PLACEMENT
DOPP KIT FRONT DOPP KIT BACK 16” x 5.125”
magnetic snap
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES DOPP KIT Fabric Content: Leather
1. Handle: 11.75” X .075” (PUNCH HOLES) 2. Flap Facing: 10.1875“ x 13.375” (DRILL HOLES ) 3. Swivel Snap Tab: 7.75“ x 0.875” 4. D-Ring Tab 1.625” x 0.875“ 5. Flap Facing Right: 4.75” x 8.125“ 6. Flap Facing Left: 4.75” x 8.125“ 7. Back: 16” x 5.125” (DRILL HOLE ) 8. Front: 16” x 12.75” (DRILL HOLE) 9. Flap: 10.1875 x 13.375”
16” x 12.75”
SWIVEL SNAP TAB PLACEMENT
Exterior Patterns These pattern pieces need to be PERFECT. Cut only perfect and clean leather. Patterns are in view.
Interior Patterns These pattern pieces need to be moderately clean. These patterns are hidden. Drill Holes
Trace only with pen/chalk!
Notches Mark with pen or chalk.
Punch Holes Mark first with pen then, punch with leather punch.
Looptworks has had a great history with partnering with the Portland Blazers. However within my time at Looptworks the NBA extended their partnership by donating additional jerseys from all of the national teams. For the production we deconstruct all the jerseys and cut patterns precisely. The products created from the jerseys are Packable Backpacks, Hip Packs, Pillows, Laptop Holders and Jackets. Deconstruction and cutting is the hardest part for it is very meticulous.
The tie order was upcycled from Blazer’s NBA Jerseys. The Production Lead created he pattern and I did the sewing. There was a total of 150 ties created. 75 White Ties and 75 Red ties. This was the first tie product of Looptworks.
Delta Airlines sent boxes of old uniforms from all employees due to the upgrade in apparel aesthetics. Through all the boxes I managed to pick: a red dress, button down shirt and outdoor jackets. I managed to design a zip tie shoe bag with a tri-panel design. The cool thing about the tri-panel design is that it goes along with the Delta brand aesthetic.
Z(est.) targets women around the ages of 40-50 years old; a group that is often neglected by marketers. These women likely have demanding lives with full time careers, possibly taking care of children, or trying to reclaim their independence. Our brand desires to add trendy flare to these women’s lives with affordable, flattering garments that can fit into every aspect of their unique and busy lifestyles.
FABRIC BOARD
COLOR BOARD
SILHOUETTE BOARD
Royal Blue Rodeo 65% Polyester 35% Cotton
Matte Satin Wine (silk) 97% Cotton 3% Spandex
Blueberry Stretch Super Matte Jersey 100% Polyester
The Assortment and Range Plan was executed on Microsoft Excel.
For Product Development our team had to place each garment into the system, The steps include basicmaster data, sizing, fabric, colors, style details, pattern pieces and shipping.
In the beginning of my internship I created a presentation of trend boards for the Fall/ Winter season of 2018. The boards include: the theme, color, silhoette, print, childrenswear, menswear, and accesories. The boards below are examples.
As part of the design assistant position i got a whiff of the technical design process. The patternmaking process was made documented with precise instructions so the seamstresses could follow them on point. To help along with the seamstress I joined the job of fitting and measuring pattern pieces on fabric to reduce fabric waste. A few days I would assist with the cool quality control team. The QC team would check for glitches on the batik fabric and clip random strings of the finish product
The people in Ghana compared in America take their time and each moment. They smile incredibly more. Their lifestyle is more still traditional in terms of religion is the center of their life. I joined the amazing restaurant owner, Ellie to her church with her son. The church experience reminded me of my baptist church at home but in a different language. The food in Ghana was pretty consistent. The meals conists of: rice, chicken, fish, avacados, fufu, spicy sauce, potatoes, plaintains, beans and cabbage, The meals are all carbohydrate base however it burns off while walking in 85 degree weather. The American thing i craved most was sugar because Ghana has low sugar in their diets. For history I visited the Cape Coast Slave castle. That experience was a view that connected deep within the bleak beginnings of my African American culture. The spontaneous things I did in Ghana was to go surfing. Its awesome to think that my first time going surfing was in Africa. Usually thesurfing culture is portrayed on the Pacific coast.
Intense Heat Print 13439 Color 569
Forgiveness Greenin Print 13439 Color 305
Enlightened Print 13439 Color 400
Radioactive Footprints 40093 Color 809 These tonal prints were cleaned and recreated through Kaledo
For this SRT print is combined with two prints together and cleaned the. For the print I designed a simple princess gathered dress. This dress can be for the teen female or for the adult women depending on the color chosen.
Royal Blue Garden: 394
Deep Blue Desire 399
The Flat Print made was done on Kaledo with the method of cleaning and filling colors for the solid print. The colors were shuffled to create 4 different schemes.
Violet Gala 600
Pink Heir 789
In Kaledo I worked with wovens and knits to create a reasonable swatch for the garment.
Teal Finds 4928
Teal Finds 4928
Dual Mix: 4009
Violet Game: Envious Hunt 9201 0322
In the process of making this collection I made use of several design steps. Patternmaking, tailoring, draping, sewing, serging and fabric dyeing.
Blue Jeans originated from a skinny leg pants pattern that I altered to make flare. In addition I cut and altered the black legs to create a ruffled look. The fabric is an original fashion fabric.
For this design project I draped a ruffled top out of thrifted menswear shirts. For upcycling the hardest part is usually getting enough fabric for certain pattern pieces. In this project I experiemneted with smaller pattern pieces and a monochromatic color scheme. For finishes I lined the ruffles and the bodice with accent blue shirt fabric.
Blue Jeans originated from a pair of Lee jeans at Salvation Army.