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Tatum Reusser

Fashion Design

Phone:

316-249-1315

Email:

Location:

Wichita, Kansas

Date of Birth:

June 21st, 1997

A Bit About Me

I have wanted to be a fashion designer since I was in grade-school. I grew up in Wichita, Kansas and went through years of Catholic school education. I was constantly sketching girls with dramatic clothing. This sourced from my utter amazement at fashion magazines. I wore a uniform five days a week, so sketching was the only way I could express creativity with clothing at the time.

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Picking my major in college was extremely easy. During my time in the Kent State University fashion program, I began to grow as a designer and a creative. After I got my education, I moved to New York City and started my career in the fashion industry. I continue to grow and form through pushing the boundaries of what is expected in fashion and of myself.

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The main source of my motivation and drive is the peace that comes from helping others and doing a job well done. I am thankful for every person and place that has contributed to the point I am at.

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Skills:

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  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Excel/ Microsoft Office Suite

  • Pattern making

  • Draping

  • PLM

  • Garment Construction

  • Digital & Hand rendering

  • Tech Packs

  • Fabric Composition Knowledge

  • Trend Research

  • Machine & Hand Sewing

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Education:

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Kent State University- Kent, OH

Bachelor of Fine Arts

 

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Work Experience

October 2021 - Current

January 2020 - October 2021

July 2019 - December 2019

August 2017 - December 2017

​Philomena LLC

Fashion Designer for Wovens, Knits, and Accessories

  • Creates Tech Packs/ CADs/ Flats/ & Specs​

  • Creates fabric print designs and handles orders for production

  • Communicates with vendors and factories in design development process

  • Handles trade show planning and set up

  • Updates inventory files

  • Updates expense files

  • Writes expense reports for design development

  • Hand sews and knits details for samples

GIII- DKNY Sportswear (New York, NY)

Assistant Designer for both Woven and Knit Teams

  • Worked across teams to communicate with local and international factories and vendors regarding showroom sample construction and status updates

  • Proactively reached out to supervisors for weekly and monthly goals in order to accomplish them in a timely manner

  • Anticipated design timeline and follows through with third party vendors to ensure deadlines on design calendar are made

  • Completed Tech packs/ Cads/ Flats/ & Specs

  • Developed and ordered trims for showroom samples

  • Wrote expense reports for design development

  • Hand sewed details for showroom samples

  • Updated excel charts for fabrics, trims, notions, and contacts (Lock in charts/ design boards/ digital fabric boards/ trim development chart/ factory- supplier contact list)

  • Organized incoming and outgoing shipments of reference samples/ tech packs/ showroom samples

  • Filed commercial invoices for shipments/ fabrics/ samples

Monica Byrne Masion (New York, NY)​

Freelance Fashion Design Assistant

  • Communicated with local and international vendors and fabric mills regarding production and development samples

  • Implemented new systems for sample tracking

  • Implemented new system for sample inventory

  • Wrote purchase orders for design development

  • Updated Line Sheets for current season

  • Updated Line Charts for current season

  • Hand and machine sewed details for development samples

  • Illustrated designs for Line Chart and Line Sheets

Brandon Maxwell (New York, NY)​

Fashion Design Intern

  • Assisted with preparation and execution of NYFW SS 18 Show

  • Responsible for organization of sample archives

  • Sourced images, colors, and fabrics for collection development

  • Assisted with sample shipments

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