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Apparel + Textile Design Consultant

Southern California based apparel and textile designer.

HOSPITALITY APPAREL DESIGN, CA + NY
The Plaza Hotel “Palm Court” and “The Champagne Bar” (New York, NY)
The National Greenwich, Restaurant by Geoffrey Zakarian (Greenwich, NY)
The Montage Beverly Hills "Georgie" and "Garden Bar" (Los Angeles, CA)
The Diplomat Resort "Point Royal" and "Counter Point"(Miami, FL)
“The Last Gold” an Olympic swim 

 Responsible for leading design process from concept through to development
 on custom private label goods. Creative branding, technical CADs, designing
 within costs and quality problem solving. Includes cross departmental work
 with the Sales, Marketing, Buying, Production and leading the Design &
 Development teams. Apparel categories include: performance knits, wovens,
 utility bottoms, technical outerwear, headwear and other soft good
 accessories.
 

Head of Design and Merchandising 

Creation of technical drawings and packets for garment production, multi-factory correspondence, sample coordination and management, head textile designer and lookbook coordinator and stylist.

Senior Technical + Textile Designer

Creation of technical drawings and packets for production team, assistance in trend sourcing and seasonal direction, line sheet development for retailing partners, custom textile design, branding development and graphic design.

Freelance Swim + Textile Designer

Design aid, dye specialist and seamstress focusing in the concept, design, patterning, construction, alteration and embellishment of historical and new build athletic wear of such season contributions as: Carmina Burana, New Choreographic Voices, Love Stories, The Nutcracker, and Romeo & Juliet.

Associate Apparel Designer

Specializing in the distressing, hand painting, dyeing, and construction of garments for Broadway, Opera, Film and Television, distressing contributions to Film: “Noah” (2014) “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (2013) and “The Way, Way Back” (2013) Broadway: “Warhorse” and “Book of Mormon”, other studio duties include: silk screen prep and pressing, textile and color card creation, dye dip tests and approval, embellishment technician.

Textile Artist

• Seamstress for preparation of Spring/Summer 2011 Collection show
• Research aid in developing mood boards and concept themes
• Textile innovation research and pattern making used in creation of final looks
• Archive assistant and organizational lead

Womenswear Apprentice

• Assistant/Intern stylist of various Vogue spreads with photographers: Patrick DeMarchelier and Bruce Webber, Photo shoots featuring: Coco Rocha, Karlie Kloss, Lily Donaldson, and Rose Byrne
• Fashion Closet coordinator, included organization and shipping of clothing to photo shoots as well as creating contacts between designers to showcase samples in Vogue

Fashion Department Intern

• Assistant stylist of various Nylon Magazine fashion spreads
• Fashion Closet coordinator, included organization and shipping of clothing to photo shoots as well as creating contacts between designers to showcase samples in Nylon Magazine

Find out detailed information about Meryl Reynolds, Apparel + Textile Design Consultant in Long Beach, CA

Meryl Reynolds: Apparel + Textile Design Consultant in Long Beach, CA

Meryl Reynolds

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Bettini's Bikinis

Atlanta Ballet

Jeff Fender Studios

Alexander McQueen

Vogue

Nylon Magazine

Kawashima Textile School Kyoto Japan

Savannah College of Art and Design

UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art