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Freelance Costume Designer & Technical Designer

Apparel designer with a broad range of experience including Halloween costumes, theatre, contemporary. Understanding of product development from concept to final, pre-production ready sample. Background in technical design, garment construction & cost effective development for mass market.

Designer with a decade of experience in Halloween, theatre, and recently film/TV/music videos. Specializing in costume design and also technical design.

Designs girls, boys, tween, women, and men’s costumes for mass market & private label
Facilitates development of Halloween costumes from design concept/first prototype to final, production-ready sample
Researches and Analyzing Market Trends
Oversees product development with factories, including sourcing fabric and trims, and cost negotiations in China
Catalog concept development and photoshoot director
Copywriter for all eCommerce
Graphic Design (graphic art development, photo editing)
Technical Design
Strong understanding of garment construction and cost effective development (9505)

Designer

Designed infant to adult costumes for mass-market and private label lines
Researched current trends in the market place
Facilitated transition of high-end Halloween costumes from design concept/first prototype to final, production-ready sample

Costume Designer

Development of technical packages for Men’s & Young Men’s Knit and Woven Tops
Development of POM Guides for Men’s and Women’s styles
Ensure proper fit and construction of incoming samples

Freelance Technical Designer

Developed womens costumes and accessories concepts for 2010 Halloween Costume line for both Torrid and Hot Topic
Created technical packages for all costumes and accessories kits

Contracted Designer/Technical Designer

Developed technical packages for adult, teen, tween, child, and toddler costumes
Fabric and accessories sourcing for each style
Extensive trend research and creation of trend boards for presentation
Developed in-house accessories samples for sales presentations

Facilitated transition of costumes from design concept/first prototype to final,
production-ready sample
Developed technical packages for adult, children, infant, and toddler domestic and
offshore costumes
Tracked and managed workflow, communicated fabric, fit, and sewing adjustments to
factories using Justwin WebPDM
Digital and manual patternmaking, sewing, and draping

Costume Designer/Technical Designer

Find out detailed information about Kimberly Myers, Freelance Costume Designer & Technical Designer in Los Angeles, CA

Kimberly Myers: Freelance Costume Designer & Technical Designer in Los Angeles, CA

Kimberly Myers

Glendale

Dreamgirl International

InCharacter Costumes

Hybrid Apparel

Hot Topic/ Torrid City

In Character Costumes

Disguise Costumes

San Diego Mesa College