Surali Mehta: in Santa Clara, CA

Worked closely with weavers all across the globe on the extra weft technique to design and develop natural dyed handwoven organic cotton fabric.Designed eco friendly women's wear ,home furnishing collections independently for the brand from ideation to production adhering to the budgets.Effectively designed and executed the concept for photoshoots and product catalogue.Played a vital role in retail marketing, business development as well as customer service.

Worked on designing content and worksheets with a primary goal to clearly communicate basic fashion design principles in a classroom setting while effectively motivating and inspiring students to deliver their best work. Demonstrated ability to adapt innovative and creative teaching techniques and strategies to help students develop a comprehensive understanding of various subjects related to fashion design. Demonstrated excellent organizational skills in order to ensure that grading and timelines are consistently achieved. Designed an entire range of collection of kid's wear for the fashion show held by the institute and guided the students in the design process for their respective collection which they made for the fashion show. Choreographed the entire fashion show.

Hand on experience to work closely with the design development department and work on the software (Textronics) used for designing textiles in the woven sector in order to learn, understand about various trends and innovation in fabrics. Understand and identify different type of blends in yarns, yarn counts learn about various weaves, fabric finishes , the process of fibre to fabric in detail . Gained a broad experience of corporate life through attending meetings, interacting with buyers from around the globe and assisting in making presentation of the ongoing collection.