Resume â allison morgan Education Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design, Dual Degree Program, Providence, RI Bachelor of Arts, French Language, Brown University 2016 Bachelor of Arts, History of Art and Architecture, Brown University 2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Apparel Design, RISD 2016 Design Internships
Thakoon, New York City summer 2015
Collection Design intern Assistant to womenswear designers in fabric manipulation and textile experimentation, sample garment cutting, hand sewing, material sourcing, and aid to general design process. Elie Tahari, New York City summer 2015 Collection Design intern Assistant to collection design team, responsibilities include updating sketches, fabric cutting, creation of embellishment and embroidery designs and layouts, and aid to multiple designers within the collection design team. Givenchy, Paris, France winter-summer 2014 Fittings intern, Quality Department Assistant to the women's ready-to-wear quality department, collaborated with knitwear, print, and embellishment designers, as well as Italian and French fabricators for Fall/Winter 2014 and Spring/Summer 2015 collections, conducted fittings to ensure perfection in garment construction and fit, photographed and archived fittings, organized swatches and prototypes, served as linguistic liaison between designers, fabricators, and quality department. Assisted designers with fabric cutting and fabric manipulation.
The New Yorker, New York City summer 2013 Photography Department intern Assisted editors in photographic research, contacted and interviewed photographers, compiled gallery exhibition information, created several blog posts for the New Yorker website's Photo Booth, participated in image selection for fiction manuscripts, maintained department's library database. Vogue Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, winter 2013 Fashion Editorial intern Assisted artistic directors, stylists, photographers and editors within the fashion and digital sections of the magazine, aided stylists and fashion directors during photo shoots, helped with development of mobile application, assisted with celebrity interviews for the magazine, developed and titled content for both the February and March editions of the magazine. Diane Von Furstenburg, New York, New York summer 2012 Design intern, Embellishment Department
Collaborated with designers to produce samples of runway garments with embellishment details. Responsibilities included sourcing materials, hand sewing, bead layout, embroidery, fabric manipulation, development of concept boards, and creating design proposals. Skills French language- Fluency, conversational and written
Italian language- working proficiency Apparel and textile design- extensive sewing and construction experience in knit and woven fabrics, experience in fabric silkscreening, dyeing, digital printing, embellishment, embroidery, and machine knitting Photography-extensive work with 35 mm black and white and digital cameras, manual development and digital printing, fashion photography Computer- Mac and PC, extensive skillset with Illustrator and Photoshop, web design and blogging Other Experience Classical ballet training- founder of RISD BUNS Ballet Club, classical ballet training 1996-present Executive Committee, Brown/RISD Dual Degree Exhibit- worked with a small group of students to curate an exhibit of artworks by Dual Degree students, 2015 Editor, Bluestockings Magazine-contributing editor for Brown University's digital feminist publication.
Collection Designer, Fashion at Brown- created and showed 8 pieces in student produced fashion show http://www.allisonmorgan.fashion/resume