Sarah Halperin

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