Purpose of the role

The Graduate Trainee will gain experience of the everyday running of a busy RTW design team in a fast-paced high end luxury design house. The Graduate Trainee provides support to the RTW team translating briefs into 3D pieces, making quick prototypes and preparing for presentations.

Responsibilities

• Receive work and briefs from the design team and translate these ideas into 3D pieces with strong and ambitious design propositions
• Researching inspiration for collections and developing unique and innovative shapes and energetic and emotional ideas from the brief
• Draping and pattern cutting to generate new and innovative shapes and volumes
• Producing quick, first 3D mock-ups to check fit and fabric
• Producing prototypes and finishing samples in a timely manner for presentations
• Amending patterns and altering garments as required