Becky White

Experience

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  Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

  Sept 2010 - Aug 2013

  Associate Designer

  Experience in menswear/girlswearGirls Design-Designing into fashion tops for Abercrombie girls. Taking inspiration from the runways, emerging seasonal trends and translating them in the brand appropriate fashion product for the younger customer.-Design DevelopmentMoodboards, sketching, working closely with sourcing, merchandisers, tech designers to find new trims, fabrications, and chase new ideas/concepts that can be turned around quickly to speak to an important trend.- Fabrications/Techniques - knits and wovens/embellishment, embroideries, printing, washes, bleaching and dying.Mens Design-Menswear designer for Hollister Co, designing graphic knits for international flagship and domestic stores.- Design DevelopmentGenerating new graphic concepts, designing into new garment constructions/silos and working with graphic design team to solve new ways to elevate graphic content through print, applique and embroidery techniques.- Travel Domestically (New York, Los Angeles) for concept research and trend inspiration.Travel internationally to China/South America to monitor and approve graphic technique, wash technique and fabrication. Show less

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  JCPenney

  Jul 2013 - Aug 2015

  Womenswear Jersey Designer

  -Knits designer for JCP's contemporary casual brand a.n.a. -Designing into fashion and core based knit tops and bottoms for jcp's missy, petites and plus customers.-Help to research, identify and build monthly capsule color stories and trend direction-Design and develop the essential, core and fashion knits portion of the brand-Source and develop cost effective fabrics and techniques -Develop tech packs and handling the design and measurement specifications as well as fit comments for all protos.-Build and manage line sheets for cross functional team members-Handling daily communication with our domestic/international factories to manage, develop and track samples from first proto through to TOP to ensure its timely delivery, quality and cost effectiveness.-Maintaining strong relationships with cross functional team members to ensure we are delivering on trend, on price point product that can help the jcp customer create an effortless stylish look. Show less

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  Freelance

  Feb 2016 - Jul 2020

  Freelance Jersey Designer

  Women's jerseywear designer, for CBF, a Turkish manufacturer supplying short-lead product to the UK high street.

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  Yoga Motive

  Jun 2018 - now

  Yoga Instructor and Massage Therapist
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  Centro Tex Limited

  Sept 2020 - Apr 2025

  Design lead for women’s sustainable sleepwear, leisure and lounge. Supplying to high-street brands through Bangladesh. Specialising and supporting high street brands in circularity and sustainable practices.

  • Senior Womenswear Designer

    Mar 2022 - Apr 2025

  • Womenswear Designer

    Sept 2020 - Apr 2022
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  Freelance

  Apr 2025 - now

  Freelance Designer