Amanda LeDonne Textile Surface Designer - Stylist p: 630.479.9138 / amandaledonne.com e: [email protected] • Fashion / Textile Design High Sierra- 11/16- Present- Textile Designer for High Sierra. In charge of pattern design and all color development for Back to School backpacks, luggage and all Business packs. Manage all trend research and color for High Sierra and Gregory under Samsonite. Work closely with product designers, sales and overseas factories. Mazu Swim- 01/11-06/16- Head swimwear designer for NYC based brand. Swimwear design including all prints, dealing with large retailers and defining Mazu as a brand. Designed all logos and helped develop website. Travel for client meetings, communicate with overseas factories. St Tropez Swimwear-- 12/07-12/08-- CAD/fashion designer for swimwear. Color and trend forecasting, communication with factories overseas. lllustrator and Photoshop. The Style Council-- 6/06-7/09. Original print designer. Sales/Design assistant: 6/06-01/07. Consulted with fashion companies. • Television + Film “Rescue Me”- 9/09-5/10- Costume PA for final season. “ZRock” 1/09-5/09- Set Costumer/Costume Assistant. Featuring Joan Rivers. “30 Beats”- 7/09-9/09. Costume/Wardrobe Supervisor. Independent feature film. With: Justin Kirk (“Weeds”), Jennifer Tilly, Lee Pace (“Pushing Daisies”), Paz de la Huerta. • Education Fashion Institute of Technology State University of New York: Associate in Applied Science: Textile/Surface Design, 2006. University of Wisconsin-Madison: Bachelor of Science in Fashion Print Design. 2006. • Honors Published textile designs and full bio in “New Fashion Print” by Martin Dawber. • Skills Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, MS Excel, Word. Mac and PC. Screen printing and color separation. Sewing, embroidery, crochet, tailoring..