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A creative and risk- taking, multidisciplinary Textile designer fascinated and inspired by the psychological and unusual. With a particular interest to explore Textiles within Fashion and Set design/styling she aims to create flamboyant and interactive pieces of work that spark curiosity and go beyond just the visual.
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Company: Clio Peppiatt
Dates: March 2020
Roles at Clio Peppiatt included research/sampling for new collection, repairing embellishments on garments, experimenting with embroidery techniques and running errands.
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Company: Burberry
Date: 13th January 2020- February 2020
Interning with the Trims and Fabric development team for runway.
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Company: Urban Myth films
Date: Monday 4th November 2019
Shadowing costume dailies for the Netflix drama ‘The one’ both on set and at base.
Company: BBC
Date: 18th December 2019
Shadowed costume design team on the BBC drama ‘Bang’.
Company: New Look
Dates: September-October 2019
Interned at the New Look head office with the womenswear design team. Roles as an intern included running errands, helping to organise the design departments, creating comp reports, being part of design meetings and the creative process and also researching and keeping the teams up to date with current trends by looking at competitors and Paris/London/Milan fashion week catwalk shows.
Company: Hand and lock
Dates: July-September 2018
A fantastic experience that helped me gain insight into the embroidery industry. Interning at Hand and lock included beading garments for Annabelle's Mayfair, organising/cataloguing archives, marketing, preparing for the Hand and Lock prize, creating a brochure for sponsors, preparing frames for Tambour beading, sourcing materials, problem solving, prick and pining, taking orders, embroidering patches, tidying up after digital embroidery, managing stock, doing deliveries/post and photographing/styling stock. Interning at Hand and Lock also taught me the importance of working in a team to ensure a smooth-running production line and achieve working towards deadlines.
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Have also worked as a customer assistant for Flying Tiger Copenhagen, Dr Martens, The Disney store & Tescos.
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Falmouth University- Graduated in 2019 with a BA (hons) in Textile Design, specialising in Mixed media.
Barnet and Southgate college- UAL diploma in Art and design with the grades Distinction, Distinction, Merit.
Completed two Central Saint Martin’s short courses (CSM summer choices and folio preparation).
Attended two short courses at the national theatre – Costume design (Threepenny opera) and Backdrop set designing (The Light Princess).
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Organised/ Good eye for detail, colour and composition / Trend forecasting / Drawing / Proficient in excel, word and PowerPoint / CMF / Hand & machine embroidery / Dyeing / Skilled beader / Screen printing / Print embellishment (Flock, foil and puff) / Strong understanding of fashion designers & luxury brands / Clay sculpting / Basic skills in photoshop & illustrator / Conceptual thinking/Experimentative / Good communication/ Strong work ethic / Reliable
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07941516050
@natlittletontextiledesign
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https://uk.linkedin.com/in/natalia-littleton-82390717b
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