Marlowe Sinclair

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Senior fashion designer with 9 years of experience developing women's ready-to-wear and contemporary sportswear for mid-to-luxury retail brands. Specializes in trend forecasting, technical flat development, and end-to-end collection management from concept to production. Led a 42-piece capsule collection that generated $2.1M in first-season sales and earned a CFDA emerging designer nomination.

Work Experience

Senior Fashion DesignerMar 2020 - Present

Vellum Studio, New York, NY

Directed concept-to-shelf development of four annual ready-to-wear collections (18–24 pieces each), achieving an average 31% sell-through improvement over prior seasons by tightening trend alignment with buyer data.
Negotiated fabric sourcing partnerships with mills in Italy and South Korea, reducing material costs by 17% while maintaining quality standards that passed Nordstrom vendor compliance audits.
Managed a team of 3 junior designers and 2 technical patternmakers, cutting average sample revision cycles from 6 rounds to 3 through structured design-brief templates and weekly cross-functional reviews.

Fashion DesignerJun 2017 - Feb 2020

Cresta Collective, Los Angeles, CA

Designed 60+ original silhouettes per season for a contemporary women's label with $18M annual wholesale revenue, collaborating directly with the creative director to translate runway trends into commercial-ready pieces.
Built and maintained a library of 200+ technical flat sketches in Adobe Illustrator, reducing new-season onboarding time for freelance patternmakers by 40%.
Presented seasonal line reviews to retail buyers at Bloomingdale's and Anthropologie, contributing to a 22% increase in door count over two years.

Junior Fashion DesignerAug 2015 - May 2017

Linden & Marsh Apparel, New York, NY

Assisted in the development of a 28-piece private-label denim collection for a regional department chain, executing detailed spec sheets and trim boards that reduced factory query turnaround from 5 days to 48 hours.
Researched and compiled quarterly trend reports drawing on WGSN data, Pantone forecasting, and trade show coverage from Première Vision, informing design decisions across 3 product categories.
Coordinated fit sessions with in-house model and production team, logging comments in PLM software and resolving 95% of fit issues before bulk production sign-off.

Skills

Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop (technical flats, mood boards)CLO 3D virtual samplingProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) — Centric SoftwareWGSN trend forecasting platformGarment construction & pattern gradingFabric sourcing & textile knowledge (wovens, knits, performance fabrics)Technical spec sheet & BOM developmentColor story development & Pantone matchingSustainable material sourcing & supply chain compliance

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