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- Profession / role:
- Student
- Website (if you have one):
- http://katrinaobrien.tumblr.com/
- My primary role in relation to fashion is:
- Designer, Model, Student
- I am looking to discover or buy
- Work placement and career opportunities
- About me / About business or organisation:
- I am in my last year of my BA Hons Degree in Fashion and Textile Design Degree at Colchester School of Art and Design. I am a Fashion and Textile designer with an ethical approach to historical fashion. I have many strengths as a person and one is the ability to stand on my own two feet. At the age of 19 I moved to the UK and financially support myself. I am committed to success and I am determined to achieve all my goals. I have a love for knowledge and am always keen to learn.
- Career history / Company history:
- Achievements
• 2010 – Costume Society Museum Placement Award
• 2010 – Straw: Bonnets to Boaters, Hollytrees Museum Colchester. Assisted prepare and the installation of the exhibition for Essex Museums
• 2010 – Alternative Fashion Week, London, Winter Men’s wear collection
• 2010 – Premiere Vision, Paris, Printed Textiles collection
• 2009 till present – Tesco: As part of a fundraising group event, we design, print and sell canvas bags in Tesco stores
• 2009 – Minories Garden Colchester, Lantern Dress exhibition
• 2008 – Castle Park Museum Colchester, 60’s Paper Dress exhibition
• 2008 – Bray Ireland, graduate exhibition for FETAC course
Jobs
February 2011 – Present: The Wedding Shop Colchester
• July and September 2010 (2010 Costume Society Museum Placement Award): Archived the hat collection in the costume department. Still currently working as a volunteer processing images on Photoshop
• September 2009 – Present: Mercury theatre, bar work and front of house
• November – December 2009: Christmas Temp Paperchase
• April to August 2009: Colchester Mercury Theatre Wardrobe Department
• July 2008 – November 2009: Jaeger Freeport Braintree
Katrina O'Brien's Blog
We didn't have the green thing back then
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 14:38 0 Comments 1 Like
MBDC
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 8:51 0 Comments 0 Likes
From MBDC Website: (http://www.mbdc.com/detail.aspx?linkid=20&sublink=43)
McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) is a global sustainability consulting and productcertification firm founded in 1995 by world-renowned architect William McDonough and…
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Is Recycling more of a cultural issue?
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:30 0 Comments 0 Likes
Is recycling cultural, political, or economical? I have always thought about the political and economical side, but never really the cultural. I have lived in Germany, and there, recycling is a natural as breathing. If you don't do it your neighbours will tell you off and it is highly looked down upon in society. However a recent talk on Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough rose a point. The eastern world have always recycled. China for example. Some farmers have farmed the same piece of…
ContinueFirst idea for our graduate fashion week display
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 16:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
I have been researching and gathering ideas for our graduate fashion week display. One popular idea proposed was an old textile factory, which seems quite fitting. Some issues we face are is the space going to be confined or open, how do we hang our garments and what about the floor and theme. I thought I would try and develop the factory one more. Instead of hanging our garments we could have them in draws in cabinets and in baskets. We could get any cabinet no matter the…
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Hi Katrina... What kind of placement are you after? I'm setting up a quirky children's clothing company producing in Southern Africa (we are still in the very early planning stages). I need someone who knows about pattern cutting and vintage design to help with the samples. Email me if you're interested:
marymalyon@gmail.com
SA is beautiful btw, I spent 6 months living in Cape Town then backpacked up to Malawi via Mozambique, I still miss it! :)
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Thanks for the friend invite...nice page hows the design world going for you?....
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