Work Experience
09.09–present Fashion Designer, Antonio Marras - Kenzo, Sardegna, Italy design assistant to the creative director Antonio Marras / Kenzo Homme
11.08–07. 09 freelance designer for Alter&Kiss, Budapest, Hungary
development of a capsule collection, patternmaking,fabric sourcing
10.06–01.07 studio assistant, Alexander Mc Queen/London, UK
creative pattern-making, menswear line
08–10.2003 studio assistant, Sibilla Pavenstedt/Hamburg, Germany
collection development, pattern-making
07–09.2002 work placement, Gabriele Blachnik/Munich, Germany
tailoring couture- and ready-to-wear-clothes
Education
10.06–08.08 Master – studies at the Royal College of Art, London, UK
specialisation: Fashion Menswear
03.2001–09.06 Fashion-, Textile, Costume - Design studies at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, department Design
final examination: German Diplom
Competitions and Awards
10.2009 finalist »CREATEUROPE« competition, Berlin, Germany launched by the »Goethe – Institut«
03.2009 finalist »Fashion Weekend« Competition, Bruxelles, Belgium
02.2009 awarded 3rd price for graduation collection by SDBI
(German Fashion Industry Foundation ) FASH 2009 »New Diversity« , ISPO Munich
10.2008 winner of the ›Pret-à-Porter‹ section at the »Baltic Fashion Award«
07.2008 finalist at ITS #7 (International Talent Support) Trieste, Italy
05.2007–04.08 Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung, fulltime scholarship
10.2006–09.07 DAAD fulltime scholarship for master degree studies at
the Royal College of Art, London, UK
07.2006 finalist at ITS#5 International Talent Support) Trieste, Italy
09.2005 1.place awarded at the »Karriere Young Fashion Award«
IGEDO Company, Düsseldorf, Germany
12.2004 awarded »Prix d’Incitation« at the »21er Concours International de Jeunes Créateurs de Mode« in Paris, France
Exhibitions / Projects
06.09–01.10 exhibition of Master Graduation Collection in the »Victoria & Albert Museum« London, UK
08–09.2006 exhibition of Diplom collection in the »Museum of Applied Art« (»Kunst und Gewerbe Museum«) Hamburg, Germany
07/08 2006 course assistance at the »Pentiment« summer-academy course CAD at HAW Hamburg, tutor : Kai Dünhölter
01–02.2006 display of Diplom collection at the CPM – fashionfair
(Collection Premiere Moscow/Düsseldorf), Russia/Germany
02.2005 exhibition of garments at the fashion fair
BE IN/Berlin, Germany
07–08.2004 scholarship for the »Pentiment« summer-academy course, pattern-making on bust at the HAW, tutor: Tamotsu Kondo
Personal Skills
languages German – native speaker, English – fluently,
French – school knowledge, Italian – basic knowledge, Latin–Latinum
computer-skills Freehand, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Office