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personal information

nationality: german
date of birth: 29.11.1977
place of birth: bucharest, romania
languages spoken: german, romanian, english and italian

personal statement

enthusiastic and innovative, communicates well, able to achieve targets under pressure.
hard working, individually and as part of a team.
very good skills in transforming 2D designs into 3D with special emphasis on volume.

education

ESMOD INTERNATIONAL, MUNICH / TOKYO 2000 - 2003   
BA (honors) fashion design

BK-GIULINI, LUDWIGSHAFEN 1999 - 2000
employment contract as an laboratory assistant ( analyst )

BASF/ BK-GIULINI, LUDWIGSHAFEN 1995 - 1999
diploma in laboratory assistant ( analyst )

employment: designer / stylist

UNIVERSALL, BERLIN      march 2007 - current
designing and producing of outfits; styling for music video’s; set design

VIVA-MUSIC CHANNEL, BERLIN      may 2007 - current
designing and styling of costumes for music video’s

MTV (EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS), LIVERPOOL      july 2008 - current
dtyling for the mtv commercial.

BREAD & BUTTER, BARCELONA/ BERLIN      june 2006 - current
styling and set design for the fashion fair (summer 2008 ).

SINGHA, BANGKOK      april 2008
organizing and styling the singha fashion show; designing and manufacturing of showpieces.

AEMKEI, NEW YORK / BERLIN      aug. - sept. 2007
freelance designer for women’s wear.

ZAC POSEN, NEW YORK      nov.2006 - feb. 2007
prêt-à-porter, design:
designing of showpieces for autumn/ winter 2007.
technical drawings, exploring colors, researching for new trends, embroidery and textile properties, draping and working on details.

LUCY BUKOVSKY, BERLIN       march 2006 - aug.2007
freelance designer for lucy bukovsky, manufacturing and developing of strong prêt-à-porter and denim design.

BURBERRY PRORSUM, LONDON       june 2004 - feb. 2005
prêt-à-porter, design:
designing and manufacturing of showpieces, styling for the spring/ summer 2005 and autumn/ winter 2005/ 06 show in milan,
technical drawing on illustrator, designing with jacquard, fabric sourcing for autumn/ winter 2005/06, exploring colours, prints,
embroidery and textile properties, researching for new trends.

internship

HUSSEIN CHALAYAN, LONDON       feb. 2004 - march 2004
prêt-à-porter, design:
designing and organizing for the autumn/ winter 2004/ 05 show.
manufacturing of unique garments.

MARJAN PEJOWSKI, LONDON       sept. 2003 - jan. 2004
prêt-à-porter, design:
designing for björk, technical drawing, researching for materials, embroidering, manufacturing of patterns and toile, cutting and copying of patterns.

student placement

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, COLOGNE       aug. 2002
prêt-à-porter, design:
researching for autumn/ winter 2003/04 inspiration, embroidering, styling at bread & butter (exhibition), designing for autumn/ winter 2003/04 collection.

DORA HERBST, IBIZA       march - july 2001
haute couture:
designing, technical drawing, pattern cutting, manufacturing and styling of unique garments for vip customers.

AMOK, ZUERICH      aug. - sept. 2001
Prêt-à-porter, design:
designing for autumn/ winter 2002/03, technical drawings, pattern making.

PASH, MUNICH     sept. - oct. 2001
prêt-à-porter, design:
fabric research, technical drawings, print designing.

style adviser

BURBERRY, LONDON       feb. 2004 - june 2004
prorsum specialist (full-time)

STRENESSE, MUNICH       jan. 2001 - jan. 2002
sales assistant (part-time)

outstanding achievements

MUNICH       july 2003
chosen participant for a ballet show exhibition in ‘THE ACADEMY OF ART’

KASHIAMA, JAPAN       april 2003
finalist at the ‘NEW DESIGNER AWARD FASHION GRAND PRIX’ in women’s wear

SEOUL, KOREA      nov. 2002
finalist in the ‘PID COMPETITION’, newcomer designer award in haute couture

VIENNA       march 2002
award for outstanding design at SWAROVSKI design competition

PARIS       jan. 2002
chosen participant at PREMIERE VISION; presentation of designed garments

it experience

illustrator, photoshop, microsoft windows, cad

references

all available on request