TZU FANG CHEN
415 Claremont Ave. Unit 1B, Montclair, NJ 07042, tzufang1209@gmail.com, 917-940-3527
DESIGN EXPERIENCE
orange International, New York City, June 2014 – April 2018
Designer
l Design with art director and senior designer for woven tops/dresses/jackets from concept through product development including styling, fabric, trim, and color story for Ascena Group Dress Barn/ Maurices, and Cato
l Collaborate directly with US design team
l Instruct factories oversea bilingually from product development to manufacture
l Demonstrate capability in different specialties including specs, tech packs, cads (body ideas, plaids and stripe) and prints
l Advise fitting comments and supervise production–daily problem solving and ensure timely delivery
l In charge of training new staff to execute independently in order to maximize their potential and achieve business goal of our team
l Lead cost discussion to meet buyer's target price satisfactorily
CB Atelier, New York City, July 2012-June 2014
Associate Designer
l Design and illustrate (including hand-sketching and computer illustration) Ready-To-Wear/Active/Menswear collection based on direction of Designer Director
l Assist in all areas of company’s design projects from concept through product development domestically and overseas
l Create basic Specs, tech packs, Line sheets, work with sample rooms including patterns and sample sewing
l Assist with fittings and communicate changes and comments to pattern-maker and sample-maker
l Manage trim/ labeling/ hang tag design, sourcing and development
l Projects including: En Noir, Under Armour, Adidas X Yeezy, Claw Money, Billionaire Boys Club, Smithsonian, Friends and Associate, M.D.C, Leroy Jenkins
DD172 Damon Dash LLC, New York City, Nov 2011-July 2012
Designer/ Illustrator
l Assisted design with great amount of hand sketching/ CAD; Created mood boards, color stories, provided ideas for fabric sourcing and attended all related meetings
l Worked and communicated comments to overseas factories and domestic printing factory
l Provided the technique sketches for accessory design projects/ basic tech packs and Specs
l Facilitated day to day operations such as organizing the files and documents ; Projects including: Vampire life, Cavi, Dusko Poppinton, RMH
pamella roland/ Creative Outcomes, New York City, June 2011- Nov 2011
Design Internship
l Contributed to design process through brainstorming, sourcing fabrics and trims, constructing samples and Tec packing; Attended design and fabric meetings at a regular basis
l Assisted with fashion illustration book and helped prepare gallery events; including assisting well-known illustrator Audrey Schilt with organizing 20 years of sketches at Ralph Lauren for book publishing
Welldun Production, Taipei Taiwan, July 2008- July 2009
Freelance Assistant to Stylist
l Dressed models for ELLE, Marie Claire, Vogue in Taiwan photo shoots; Assisted with conducting fashion research for stylist
Taiwan National Theater, Taipei Taiwan, July 2006- July 2008
Costume Designer/ Manager
l Designed and sketched costume; Sourced fabrics and trims
l Communicated costume design direction to directors, producers, set/ lighting/ visual designers
l Conducted extensive research to design costume for period productions
l Draped, made patterns and constructed the samples; Fit costumes; Supervised sewers, pressers, make-up artist and hair stylists
l Managed the budgets; Maintained costumes through out productions
EDUCATION
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, May 2011, AAS, Fashion Design major-GPA: 3.76/4.0, Dean’s List
National Taiwan University, Taipei, June 2009, BA, Costume Design major-GPA: 3.73/4.0; Rank: 4/28
(Bachelor’s Degree in Design certificated by SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY-College of Visual and Performing Arts Department of Transmedia)
MAC and PC proficient: Microsoft Office/ Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Colour Matter; English Mandarin and Taiwanese