DESIGN AND CONSULTATION
Offering consultation for design, product development, technical design and manufacturing for all stages of garment development and production with specialization in knits and sweaters.
CONSULTATION SERVICES
Product Development - Research, sourcing, development of fabric and stitch, initial specs, patterns, artwork, flats, and tech packs.
Technical Design - Create tech packs with flat, spec, BOM, SMS/FIT/PP comments and grading.
Manufacturing and Production - Consultation services for needs during manufacturing or managing production.
Design Projects - Freelance fashion apparel design, costume or wardrobe for theater, ballet, film, ads and installations.
Please contact me for rates and fees.
Alexis Mondragon - adragonnn@gmail.com
ABOUT ME
I am a freelance technical designer/consultant working in Manhattan’s garment district. Currently I am also a consultant for Cotton Incorporated’s CottonWorks program as one of their knitting experts providing educational instruction for industry professionals.
My expertise are in knitwear and have worked in positions spanning from high end to mass production knits and sweaters. I also obtain unique experience working in factory environments due to my work at Stoll America, Santoni Shanghai Knitting Machinery and Keff NYC. Within those companies, I was responsible for everything under the umbrella for in-house product development and in-house domestic production and jumping in where I was needed on the factory line. My duties included providing pattern making, grading/tech design, creating artwork files, QC, production costing for my clients and making sure everything was done correctly and shipped on time.
One quality that stands out is my ability to communicate with the technicians and programmers on flatbed (full fashioned) and circular (cut and sew) knitting machines. I understand knit structures and can create BMP files that can be easily translated into the program. This cuts the programmers time and they can then efficiently create a program with less trial and error. Which then can cut down on development costs for the company.
Because of my expertise in garment construction from factory standpoints plus my technical design background, I can be the bridge between knowledge of knitting machine capabilities and construction and technical design. I understand the language needed to work with such factories.
Experience
Egg New York
Technical Design Manager
Halston
Sweater Consultant - Product Development & Technical Design
Stoll America Knitting Machinery
Production/Technical Design Manager
Knit Resort
Consultant - Technical Design
Fashion Avenue Knits
Associate Technical Designer
Keff NYC
Factory Supervisor - Sweaters & Knits
Proenza Schouler
Freelance Technical Designer
Cotton Incorporated
Textile Educational Consultant
Et Ochs
Sweater Consultant - Product Development & Technical Design
Galvan London
Freelance Technical Designer
Santoni Knitting Machinery
Santoni Pioneer Program
NYC Alliance
Freelance Technical Designer
Cushnie / Cushnie Et Ochs
Freelance Technical Designer
Education
BFA in Fashion Design and Construction
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Fall 2006 to Spring 2010
Skills Summary
Education and experience in design and creation of apparel, including: patterning, cutting, sewing, illustrations, flats, tech packs, markers, crochet, linking, and knitting with knowledge in programs such as, PLM, Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Knowledge in circular and flatbed knitting machines.
Art and Design Portfolio
Contact me for examples of my work
