Susan Long

Female

Vienna, Hanoi, Newcastle

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

Profession / role:: Designer/entrepreneur/consultant
Company / organisation:: Susan Long
Website (if you have one):: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Susan-Long-Ethical-Fashion-Design-and-Dressmaking/124109854320101
My primary role in relation to fashion is:: Consumer, Designer, Supplier, Manufacturer, Consultant
I am looking to discover or buy: Potential suppliers of material and/or tailors.
About me / About business or organisation:: Having worked as a management consultant and for the UN, I have returned to my early passion for making and designing clothes, combined with my constant interest in sustainable development.

I have just started working with a fair trade type workshop in Ho Chi Minh, who have made me a few samples, and intend to complete a collection with them.

I like to make clothes that can be worn by anybody, with a hint of Asian materials.

My first collection can be found here.... http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Susan-Long-Ethical-Fashion-Design-and-Dressmaking/124109854320101
Career history / Company history:: 2001-2005 Manufacturing Engineering MEng, University of Cambridge
2005-2007 Consultant, Strategy Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers
2007-2008 Industry Trade and Development MSc, IDPM, Manchester
2008-2010 United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Vienna and Vietnam
2010-present Own business