KIRSTEN ANDERSON
Fashion Designer & Artist
RESUME
Experience
Zing-How Design
Production Manager
April 2022-present
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Managing a team, designing, prototyping, and sewing products from the ground up including clothing, bags, and accessories.
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Production Seamstress
Nov 2020-2022
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Sewing products for big brands across the country.
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Lemonbrat
Skills
Fashion Design
Sewing
Draping
Drafting
Shoe-making
Millinery
Photoshop
Drawing & Painting
Sculpture
Product Designer
Feb 2020-August 2020
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Designed unique costumes for Lemonbrat using Clip Studios.
Production Seamstress
Feb 2016-August 2020
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Sewing stock and custom costumes and accessories for Lemonbrat.com to be sold online and at conventions.
ShopNov
Creative Seamstress & Designer
July 2015-present
Sewing. repairing and up-cycling vintage clothing for ShopNov, a business selling at local Chicago markets and on etsy.com.
Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2010-2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S. Wabash Ave
Chicago, IL
60603
Assumption High School
High School Graduate. Graduated with multiple art awards including
The Congressional Art Award for Louisville, KY congressional district.
Assumption High School
2170 Tyler Ln, Louisville, KY 40205
502-458-9551
Exhibitions
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Fashion Show, Millenium Park
2014- Presented a five look collection, One With Machine
2013- Presented collection, The Goldfish Princess.
2012- Presented one look, Someday When I Grow Up, I Want to be an Astronaut.
Internships
Emerging Artists Group -Summer 2014
Summer costume design intern for the play Suessical. Designed and made costume for the character, Mayzie La Bird. Worked under director and former NY Broadway Opera singer, Elizabeth Huling.
Emerging Artists Group
8015 Catherine Lane
Suite One
Louisville, KY 40222
502-644-6671
PYRO GALLERY -Summer 2012
​Interned at the PYRO Gallery for Louisville, KY based artist Debra Lott. Helped prepare and install art show, The Human Condition.
PYRO Gallery
909 E Market St.
Louisville, KY 40206
502-587-0106
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Fashion Show
Published
Works
2012, 2013, 2014- Work published in SAIC program.
Work featured in Second City Style's article Celebrated 80 Years of Fashion Innovation at THE WALK 2014.
Work featured on CS Modern Luxury's SAIC The Walk After Party with Anderson and her 4th look model.
http://www.modernluxury.com/cs/scene/saics-the-walk-after-party/img144359
Work also featured in Chicago Reader's article Street View 188: SAIC's the Walk 2014 celebrates 80 years of fashion (part one).
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ImageArchives?oid=13422870
School of the Art Institute of Chicago-
Fashion Show 2013 Program & Cover Ad
Work featured in SAIC's Spring 2013 Fashion Show Ad, as well as the cover on the SAIC Fashion 2013 program.
Ad featured on bus stops in the Chicago Loop,
and also featured in Chicago Mag's April 2013 edition and Modern Luxury CS Magazine (Chicago Spring fashion and home issue).