SARAH HALPERIN Fashion Design Sehalperin@gmail.com 973-632-2388
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.� -Coco Chanel
SARAH HALPERIN
Education
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
Sehalperin@gmail.com 973-632-2388 Current: 2931 Scioto Street, 83-1006 Morgens Hall, Cincinnati, OH 45219
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio Fashion Design Class of 2017
Livingston High School, Livingston, NJ Diploma June 2012
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Work Experience
Permanent:
Summer Studios 2011
Garan Incorporated, New York, NY Spring Design Intern January - April 2014 Compiled a competitive analysis book, tracked purchases for competitive and trend analysis and return due dates, shopped for trims and fabrics, conducted trend research, photographed products for Wal-Mart.com, helped with organization, and assisted with preparing for presentations.
19 Oak Street, Livingston, NJ 07039 Co-op Availability Fall 2014 and Summer 2015
ECI New York, New York, NY Summer Intern April - July 2013 Assisted designers with tasks such as organizing fabric, managing samples, photographing garments, and developing inspiration boards.
Township of Livingston, Livingston, NJ
Skills Activities
Achievements
Lifeguard June 2009 - August 2011 Monitered pool to ensure safety, administered first aid, and taught group swim lessons.
Computer: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign Design: Sewing, Trend forecasting, Pattern making, Sketching, Flat sketching Other: Excellent communication, leadership, teamwork, creative, and public speaking skills
Phi Mu, Delta Zeta Chapter 2013 - present Fashion Design Student Association, 2013 Livingston High School Theater, 2010 - 2012 “Notations” Select Vocal Ensemble, 2010 - 2012 Girl Scouts 2000 - 2012 March of the Living - 2012 Traveled to Poland and Israel, learned about the Holocaust, and spoke to survivors.
Dean’s List 2013 - 2014 Livingston High School Senior Drama Award, 2012
Fashion Drawing Fall Semester 2013
Draw clothing on a fashion figure and develop an understanding of line quality, garment/fabric drape, using markers for flesh tone and fabric shading.
Fashion Drawing Summer semester 2014
Design five looks for pre-fall season by adding an item of clothing for each look.
Design Construction Fall Semester 2013
Sewed loose fitting pullover dress with hem and sleeve bands. A fun and flirty dress for a young woman in her late teens or early twenties going on a summer vacation to Cape Cod. She can be seen lunching with her friends and relaxing on the beach while reading a novel.
Design Construction Fall Semester 2013
Design Construction Fall Semester 2013
Designed and constructed high waisted skirt with panels of contrasting fabric and a ruffled high low hem. For the confident, and stylish young woman in her late twenties or early thirties. She is a New York socialite, who enjoys culture. She may be spotted at an art gallery when she is not working. She looks sexy, sophisticated, and put together.
Design Construction Fall Semester 2013
La Perla mini collection Spring Semester 2013
Create a small capsule collection of 3-4 looks with a minimum of 5 Pieces- from a designer. Looks must express your own personal design preference while also managing to fit in with sponsoring designers current and past collections.
LA PERLA
La Perla Mini Collection Spring Semester 2013
SEXY
LUXURY
CLASSIC
La Perla originated in 1954 with the designer Ada Masotti. She started designing corsets and today, La Perla has turned into a high end, international brand. Now, La Perla designs all kinds of undergarments even swimwear, and has other lower end brands that are sold in department stores.
La Perla Mini Collection Spring Semester 2013
STEEL
GLACIER
ICE
SEA
ABSENCE
La Perla Mini Collection Spring Semester 2013
Victoria’s Secret Fall/Winter Forecast 2014
Trend Forecasting Spring Semester
compile a forecasting/creative direction book for a specific brand or customer persona description. This book can analyze either the women’s, men’s, or children’s market but the results need to be presented in a manner that would inform a company’s designers, and his or hers product development teams, of the upcoming key fashion and consumer trends for the Fall/Winter 2014 season.
Victoria’s Secret The brand Victoria’s Secret is for the sexy, confident, outgoing woman. She is fun and playful with a sensual side, but she wants to be taken seriously. She is a professional woman who earns a comfortable income and has extra money to spare on luxuries. She’s a fashionista and wants clothes to make her feel good about herself inside and out.
Victoria’s Secret 2012 Backcast At Victoria’s Secret 2012 fashion show, we saw a lot of new trends in lingerie that were inspired by trends on the runway. One trend we saw, Paradise, used bold bright colors. The next trend was Lace; lace is a material that will always be used in the lingerie industry, but for Fall/Winter 2014 lace will be directly inspired by sportswear and will be modernized.
From the Outside In The mega trend, “From the Outside In”, for Fall Winter 2014, is about transparency and how runway fashion affects the lingerie industry. In today’s culture, there is a lot of fear. Fear of the unknown and the hidden. There is war, terrorism, and even fear of impure and harmful food products. As a result of these fear and trust issues people want everything and everyone to be transparent. This has launched a major trend for designers: sheer, transparent designs. Undergarments and lingerie are now becoming much more important. Through the years, undergarments have become much more socially and culturally acceptable- not only to talk about and shop for, but to show off. The mega trend “From the Outside In” shows how lingerie designers must respond to this shift by keeping up with the trends of clothing designers. The trends on the runway directly affect trends in lingerie.
Paradise One way to conquer this fear we are experiencing is to escape to paradise. Consumers are dreaming of a land where the weather is warm, there are beautiful sights, and they don’t have a care in the world. This sub trend is defined by bold colors and prints. Designers will draw inspiration from exotic, tropical flowers and trees, and all of nature.
Forecast For Fall/Winter 2014, there will be more bright, exotic colors on the runway. Use of graphic, floral, and tribal prints will be dominant. The abstract prints we see in sportswear will inspire the more commercial prints in lingerie. The colors of both sportswear and lingerie will stay very similar, with an emphasis on highly saturated colors.
Victoria’s Secret 2013
Victoria’s Secret 2013
Manish Arora Fall/ Winter 2013
Tsumori Chisato Fall/ Winter 2013
Tsumorie Chisato Fall/ Winter 2013 Victoria’s Secret 2013
Color and Fabric There will be a lot of fabrics with shine, and designers will mix fabrics. Bold prints on nylon and spandex fabrics will showcase these strong, vibrant colors by using flowers as inspiration.
Tropical Green
Jamaican Pink
Exotic Pink
Yellow Glow
Hot purple
Clear Water
Lace Lace has always been popular in the lingerie industry because of its sexy and sophisticated, yet soft and delicate style. Lace is ever changing and being modernized. This season lace is extremely important both on the runway and in lingerie. Designers will modernize it by using abstract patterns and dark colors. With the transparency of lace, we will see layered effects.
Forecast For Fall/Winter 2014 we will see lace get darker and more colorful. Lace will still be sheer but it will be layered with fabric underneath it. Cut outs and more modern lace will start to arise. Silhouettes will be tighter and sleeker.
Victoria’s Secret 2013
Victoria’s Secret 2013
Valentino Fall 2013
Elie Saab Fall 2013
Elie Saab Fall 2013 Victoria’s Secret 2013
Color and Fabric As inspired by the runway, there will be a lot of delicate floral lace layered over nylon and lycra spandex and dark lace on top of a lighter fabric. Lace will be inspired by dark romanticism, with a modern edge.
Darkness
Midnight
Dusk
Dark Tan
Crimson
Mulberry
Thank You
SARAH HALPERIN Fashion Design Sehalperin@gmail.com 973-632-2388