Niki Srinivasa

• Selected from a pool of over 50,000 designers to showcase my debut collection with Oxford fashion studio, making me the youngest at 19 years old

• Exercised quick production with the entire timeline from concept to final collection (24+ pieces) taking less than two months

• Debuted collection at the prestigious Pier 59 in New York.

• Selected and invited by Flying solo as one of five talents to showcase my collection in Le Marais during Paris Fashion Week in an exclusive invitation-only show

VIRTUAL SHOW- Collaborated with a top fashion-tech company on solutions oriented work during the pandemic by creating a piece featured in one of the world's first entirely Virtual Fashion Shows.

• Created a corresponding collection that was made sustainably by up-cycling materials and transforming them into new textiles and piece.

• Experience in cost-conscious and sustainability minded design 

• Created textiles with recyled materials and handmade natural dyed from vegetables, marbling and environmentally friendly embellishments

PANELIST-

• headlined a panel discussing female empowerment through fashion at a large fashion-technology conference alongside other panelists, including higher-ups from levi's and google.

Founder, designer producer of my fashion and textiles label and projects.

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• Spearhead each phase of production, including sourcing, brainstorming, planning, and construction.

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• Generate extensive research of emerging fashion trends as monthly guide for upcoming collections + projects

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• Obtain and review new textile products bi-monthly through in-store visits to local manufacturers and or fabric shops.

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• Experiment with sustainable solutions and ways to incorporate accessibility/inclusivity into designs

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• Conceptualized, researched, sourced materials, designed and constructed over 6 complete collections/ textile series single-handedly

• Sewing production and textiles work, detailed embroidery work on gowns. Ideation and execution under tight deadlines. Assisted in photoshoots and managing clothing

Marcus Lemoni/ML Fashion Group
Showroom West Assistant
 

• Showroom merchandising

• Created line sheets for brands,

• Performed inventory checks and verified incoming stock against purchase orders

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• Managed customer relations 

• Conducted research, strategized and presented 70+ reports detailing trends, and client information for upcoming seasons and events for individual brands and showroom managers

• Acted as the point of contact for 7 in-house brand events, including Revolve and 20+ appointments 

• Organized La Market Week 2017 showroom event

• Assisted heavily with showroom management 

• Acted as a fashion stylist during appointments.

• Interfaced directly with customers both inside and outside of appointments to drive increased sales

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• Due to my Adobe InDesign knowledge, I created the Spring Summer 2019 look-book for Vogue 

•  Assisted the design team in the Atelier with fabrics acquisition (gained experience with sourcing)

• Helped marketing department run smoothly by working with samples, graphic design and e-commerce responsibilities 

• Managed influencer contacts and social media outreach 

• Managed Inventory and samples as well as Linesheets

• Press pulls for magazines and publications including glamour, and Instyle Magazines

• Direct customer relations point-person

• Assisted running photoshoots and managing models/products

• created Holiday gifting guides for a variety of publications including Glamour, Elle and Teen Vogue

"COVET" App COLLABORATION

• Conceptualized, sketched, digitally rendered and designed a custom gown featured in the popular fashion design app Covet, which users can use while playing.

• Recruited by "Society's Breakout Star (The Observer)" Julie Macklowe at Vogue's, "Forces of Fashion" event in October 2018 to develop inspiration, textile and garment designs for her children's clothing brand concept "Chirping Bird."

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• Attended INTERFILIÈRE textile expo in New York 

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• Experimented and learned about innovative fabrics and textiles solutions 

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• Materials sourcing and ordering expertise while remaining cost conscious and within budget needs

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• Invited by brand Wildfang to design a pin conveying a message of positivity and empowerment ("Yes Pin") to coincide with a launch of products designed alongside Olympian Abby Wambach, Taylor Schilling and Amanda Seyfried

• In tandem with female empowerment organization, "I Am That Girl"

• Launched and maintained a fashion blog, ran primarily through Instagram named: Redonner

  • Name Redonner means "To give back," +  reflects goal to give back, and focus on  philanthropy/global purpose 

• WON PITCH CONTEST  at "Girl2016"(conference) for global philanthropy vision  

• Banana republic feature of my photos and fashion compositions

• ammased following of 32,000+ followers over two fashion focused accounts

• Content Creation + Photo production editing

• Social media management and planning

• Writing, and editing skills for all posts

• In Collaboration with I Am That Girl, as a representative for the female empowerment organization, I worked with Modcloth on a roundtable discussion and photoshoot to discuss body positivity and the importance for positivity and inclusion especially amongst young people