BODII BII CORII

Quieesha Burns

Syracuse, New York • qfburns13@gmail.com

http://quieesha.wix.com/corii

 

Design Skills and Qualifications

• Highly experienced in garment design and clothing construction

• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

• Magazine layout and development

 

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY, May 2014

Minors:  Accounting, Business Management and Marketing

 

Fashion Design Course Work

Pattern Making: Draping, Opti-Tex and Flat Pattern Making, Textiles, Fashion Illustration, Clothing Construction, Computerized Pattern Making, Advanced Apparel Design and Design Color Theory

 

Fashion Experience

Cazenovia College Annual Fashion Show, Cazenovia, NY, 2009-Present

Student Fashion Designer

• Senior Collection:  Business Couture, April 2014

• Ready-to-Wear and Couture pieces, 2010-2013

Production and Promotions Team, 2009-2014

• Designed runway sets; developed themes and selected music

• Trained models for runway

• Applied make-up to models and styled hair

 

Debs Clothing Store, Destiny USA, Syracuse, NY Summer and Fall 2013

• Assisted customers with fashion selections and repaired garments

 

MODA International Fashion Show, Syracuse, NY, Fall 2013

• Selected as Student Designer for charity fashion show benefitting local hospital

• Designed Cleopatra inspired collection

• Trained runway models

 

SMILE Again Fashion Show, Albany, NY, Fall 2012

• Designed and constructed 32 garments for charity event benefitting African genocide

 

Suit U Now Boutique, Syracuse, NY, Summer 2012

• Assisted owner with boutique business operations

• Performed alterations

• Created social networking tools for Boutique

• Coordinated Suit U Now fashion show

 

Dress-A-Girl Around the World, Summer 2011

• Design and construct garments for tween girls around the world

 

Additional Work Experience

Gallery Monitor, Cazenovia Art Gallery, Cazenovia New York, 2009- Present

Leadership Trainee, Girl Scouts Office, Syracuse New York, Summer 2011

• Created academic/recreational programs for Girl Scouts to be used across the country Provide Service for the