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Madhura Sakhare
Fashion Designer & Manufacturer
Mumbai,MH
Summary
Driven creative professional with excellent leadership skills.
Gifted relationship-builder, communicator and problem-solver diligent about running day-to-day activities. Offering 19 years of progressive experience in the fashion retail industry.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Proprietor
Shirts Unlimited
06.2021 - 03.2024
- Owning and running a factory of 50 people, handling all aspects of the business.
- Designing and manufacturing designs for leading brands at Myntra, CEE18, Babylabel, Imara, etc. Strong sourcing to get best quality at good pricing.
- Established new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time.
Design Director
Shirts Unlimited
11.2018 - 05.2021
- Managed a team of designers to design trendy and commercially viable designs for buyers like Myntra (Anouk, YK), Jabong (Sangria), Imara, craftsvilla, Reliance, etc.
- Created design lines as per the season, themes, market trends and requirement of the buyers.
- Sourced fabrics from various sectors to give freshness & variety every season.
Head Designer
Suditi Design Studio-IndianInk
07.2015 - 09.2018
- Indian Ink is born out of creative spirit and unique sensibility of innovation in fashion combined with functionality.
- This brand is for the new age Indian woman who takes on the world with confidence and style and yet rooted at home and tradition.
- Profile-Recruited as brand's Head Designer with accountability of developing lines and implementing formal design processes. Sole responsibility to take this new brand to the next level in terms of design & look.
- Researching the upcoming forecast and trends, creating mood boards and making theme based collections with exclusively created prints and patterns with minimalistic detailing to make alluring and irresistible styles.
- Conceptualising photoshoot ideas from creating the looks, location, models, makeup n hair to designing the final look book.
- Managing two junior designers, a workroom of pattern master and 4 workers.
Designer (STOP)
Shoppers Stop Ltd
04.2013 - 07.2015
- Fashionable everyday Indian wear brand. Segregated into Classics, Work wear& Naturals to provide the customers with differentiated looks in affordable prices.
- Profile- Studying the forecast& creating new themes and designing collections for upcoming season.
- Frequent store visits to understand the customer better and incorporate the requirements with right product mix& competitive pricing.
- Shopping trade shows and fabric markets for new trends and innovative fabrics, trims and embroideries.
- Worked on a project initiated by Ministry of Textiles on Kutch weaves to create styles for retail market, to uplift rural artisans.
Designer (HAUTECURRY)
Shoppers Stop Ltd
09.2011 - 03.2013
- Young, Vibrant and colorful indo western label catering to the experimental and fashion conscious women.
- Profile-Solely designing for this in-house women's wear label, capturing the fast paced fashion trends, keeping the cost factor and customer in mind to provide innovative designs.
- Sourcing fabrics from all over India, developing new prints and embroideries to enhance the essence of this bohemian label.
- Frequent store visits to understand the customer better and incorporate the requirements in the upcoming collections.
Designer (indian/Indowestern Wear)
Globus Stores Pvt Ltd.
07.2005 - 08.2011
- A completely Design driven company of its time, focusing on creating designs with a fusion twist. A design team comprising of 27 in-house designers across all categories, a dedicated fabric sourcing department, a self sufficient sampling unit and a design studio, allowing the creative minds to experiment and innovate to the fullest.
- Profile-Studying deeply the forecast& trends to create new themes, colors, prints & silhouettes to develop trendy and colorful indo-western stories.
- Work with pattern maker to develop custom patterns and new samples from original sketches. Sourcing fabrics and developing new prints and embroideries.
Fashion Design Intern
Remanika (Ritz Fashion)
05.2005 - 06.2005
- Designing indo-western, ladies wear collection, inspired from Punjab’s traditional embroidery “Phulkari”
Education
Degree in Fashion Technology - Fashion Design
Wigan & Leigh College
Mumbai 06.2002 - 06.2005
12th - Science
J.H.Ambai School
Navi Mumbai 06.2000 - 03.2002
Skills
Creativity, time management, team work,attention to detail, adaptability, Design, Manufacturing, textiles, sourcing, trend analysis, leadership
undefinedAdditional Information
Teaching Experience:
Mentor for NIFT semester-VI students for a project on Ethnic Wear of Shoppers Stop (April-May’2012.)
Taught Design process, Design Concepts and Color theory as a visiting faculty at Indian Fashion Academy, Mumbai. (2007-2010)
Software
Projects
Projects:
Designed staff uniforms for restaurant & café chain“Moshes” (april’2011)
Styling for Shoppers Stop photo shoots and video shoots.
Awarded for Best Selling styles at Globus Stores Pvt. Ltd.
Won 1st prize in Indian Fashion Academy’s Fashion Illustration Contest. (March’2005).
Participated in Lakme Fashion House contest. (Dec’2004).
Participated in Spykar ‘Do your jeans’ contest. (2004).
Participated in college Fashion show, “Chimera”. (2003).
Participated in Oobee Designing Contest. (2002).
Interests
Travelling, sketching, gardening, aerial yoga
Timeline
Proprietor
Shirts Unlimited
06.2021 - 03.2024
Design Director
Shirts Unlimited
11.2018 - 05.2021
Head Designer
Suditi Design Studio-IndianInk
07.2015 - 09.2018
Designer (STOP)
Shoppers Stop Ltd
04.2013 - 07.2015
Designer (HAUTECURRY)
Shoppers Stop Ltd
09.2011 - 03.2013
Designer (indian/Indowestern Wear)
Globus Stores Pvt Ltd.
07.2005 - 08.2011
Fashion Design Intern
Remanika (Ritz Fashion)
05.2005 - 06.2005
Degree in Fashion Technology - Fashion Design
Wigan & Leigh College
06.2002 - 06.2005
12th - Science
J.H.Ambai School
06.2000 - 03.2002
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