flora gill

EXPERIENCE:

OHNE TITEL –New York, NY    10/06 – present
Creative Director and Co-founder
-    Concept development, art direction, branding, visual development of collections.
-    Led design direction,  for knits, wovens, leather and accessories
-    Oversaw a team for design development, production and sales 4 season a year.
-    Launched sales in Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks, Neiman Marcus, and luxury boutiques worldwide.
-    Led the technical knitwear development and scheduling.

Karl Lagerfeld – New York, NY    08/05 – 06/06
Head knitwear designer: men’s, women’s, couture women’s
-    Research and development: inspiration, techniques and yarns
-    Designing a unified and directional sweater collection across 3 categories
-    Working directly with factories in Italy and China
-    Fitting for salesman samples and production
-    Sourcing factories, and scheduling development

Vivienne Tam – New York, NY    01/04 – 08/05
Designer women’s wear
-    research and development, fabric development, trims, and new yarn research
-    design of all knitwear and sweaters
-    oversaw patternmakers and sample room
-    designed prints, crochet, macramé and embroidery layouts
-    scheduling and coordination for line and fabric development

Cynthia Steffe – New York, NY    06/02 – 12/03
Knitwear designer and Assistant designer women’s wear
-    Research and Development and design of all sweaters including sketching and inspiration.
-    Communicating with patternmakers and sample makers, merchandisers and factories
-    Fitting for sampling and production.

EDUCATION:

Parsons School of Design – New York, NY   BFA 2002
-    Deans list 1999 – 2002
-    Nominated for Designer of the year 2002

Syracuse University  -  Syracuse, NY  1998-99
-    Freshman Foundation, BFA Fine Art and Design
-    Dean List 1998-1999

AWARDS:

U.S. Finalist in 2013 Woolmark International Prize
Finalist in 2011 and 2009 CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund
Finalist in 2006 Swiss Textiles Award
Winner in 2009 of the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award
Publication: Fashion Knitwear by Jenny Udale. Published by Laurence King Publishing.
Publication: Pattern, 100 Fashion Designers, 10 Curators  Published by Phaidon
Publication: Shoe Obsession by Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill published by Yale University Press