Fashion Designer

Fashion Designer — Aether Apparel Group

New York, NY | October 2023 – Present

• Designed 4 seasonal ready-to-wear collections annually, delivering 120+ unique styles that boosted brand sales revenue by 24% ($1.8M increase) and increased sell-through rates from 68% to 84%.
• Introduced CLO 3D prototyping into the patternmaking workflow, reducing physical sample iterations by 40%, cutting development cost by 15%, and shortening total product lead time by 18 days.
• Managed material sourcing and negotiated with 15 overseas textile mills to secure fabric contracts, lowering raw material costs by 12% and saving $140,000 annually while maintaining product quality.
• Coordinated with 3 cross-functional production and merchandising teams to audit tech packs, reducing factory return and correction rates by 22% and ensuring 98% of production samples met specifications.

Associate Fashion Designer — Crestwood Denim Co.

Brooklyn, NY | June 2021 – September 2023

• Created detailed tech packs and flat sketches in Adobe Illustrator for 50+ denim and outerwear styles, improving factory communication accuracy and reducing manufacturing errors by 30%.
• Conducted weekly market research and trend analysis across 8 major digital platforms, helping design teams pivot collections to capture a 15% increase in denim sales within youth demographics.
• Sourced and cataloged 300+ fabric and trim options, establishing a digital inventory system that reduced design-team materials search time by 25% and saved 8 hours of weekly research time.
• Assisted in fit sessions for 80+ garments per season, documenting correction sheets and specs to ensure fit consistency and lower return rates by 14% across all retail channels.

CLO 3D, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Tech pack development, Garment construction, Flat sketching, Fabric sourcing, Trend forecasting, Patternmaking, Spec sheets, Trim sourcing, Fit auditing, Draping, Mood board creation, Excel

Eco-Friendly Capsule Collection

Role: Lead Designer

Tools: CLO 3D, Adobe Illustrator, Sustainable Cotton, Tencel

Designed a 10-piece sustainable capsule collection, reducing physical material waste by 42% through digital 3D draping and generating $450,000 in first-quarter retail sales.

Digital Workflow Integration

Role: Fashion Designer & Lead Coordinator

Tools: CLO 3D, Adobe Creative Suite, PLM Software

Standardized the digital tech-pack pipeline across 3 brand departments, reducing pre-production lead times by 30% and saving $25,000 in sample shipping fees.

• CLO 3D Certified Creator (2024)
• Certified Apparel Production Professional (CAPP) (2023)

• Languages: English (Native), Italian (Conversational)
• Portfolio: julianarossidesign.com
• Availability: 2 weeks notice