GRACE ALVAREZ 1109 FIRST AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10065 | 347 415 2579 | grace.alvarez@gmail.com
Education BFA in Fashion Design at Parsons School of Design. AAS in Fashion Design at Altos de Chavon the School of Design.
Experience Yigal Azrouel New York, New York Summer 2011. Intern Assisting the Production department with fabrics and triming sourcing . Christian Cota New York, New York January 2010 throught March. Intern Assisting the Design, Production, PR and Sales Departments in array of tasks. Agatha Ruiz de la Prada New York, New York Summer 2010 Intern Assisted with the organization of a Sample Sale event sponsored by Vogue bambini. Jenny Polanco Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic January 2007 through July 2008 Design Assistant Assist the Design team, performing duties such as create color stories, sketching, sample trafficking and office duties. Puma -the black storeNew York, New York May 2010 -current. Sales representative Answers questions and demonstrates the use of Puma black label product and services to new and old customers. Also performing as a spoke person for the brand in order to achieve sales.
Skills Fluent in Spanish and Italian. Sewing and pattern making Fluent with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and MS-Office Basic knowledge of U4ia Extremely competent with both Windows and Mac operating systems.
Shows & Exhibitions Estilo 2009 Altos de Chavon, the School of Design, Dominican Republic. May 2009 Fashion Department Graduate Fashion Show. Designed and presented a three looks collection. Inspired by The Bauhaus, this collection contained two cocktail dresses and one male suit. Galeria de Chavon Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic. May 2009 Static Elastic Gallery Exhibition. Presented a gallery piece composed of jersey top and wool skirt with handmade cotton thread texture inspired by corals.