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Consultancy

 

As a long established professional designer I offer a comprehensive fashion design service tailored to your needs, covering everything from concept development and trend forecasting to curated range building and sample review. With expertise in both traditional IRL and digital 3D design, I deliver innovative solutions across diverse product categories and market levels, always ensuring every step of the process aligns with your creative vision and commercial goals.

 

Comprehensive Fashion Design
Multidisciplinary expertise across men’s, women’s, and childrenswear, tailored to any market level or product category, with additional expertise in denim and woven fabrics. Deep knowledge of structured and technical garment manufacture, with a focus on women’s contemporary fashion.

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Trend Forecasting

Informed and resourceful trend research and forecasting by tracking the zeitgeist and technological developments along with social and political shifts.

Range Development
Expert range building, editing, and presentation of cohesive, market-ready, commercial collections within your time and budget constraints.

Sustainable Fashion Design
Integration of eco-conscious practices and materials into design processes to align with your sustainability goals.

Technical Expertise
Hands-on sourcing, fitting, quality control and successful resolving of technical issues.

Denim Design Specialization
Complete denim services, from fabric sourcing and wash techniques to branding, fit development, and sample management.

Global Insights & Commerically-Focused Design
Extensive trend, sourcing, and development insights gained through global travel, coupled with a commercial focus to create buyer-aligned, profitable collections.

Tech-Forward Innovation
Forward-thinking approach to adopting emerging technologies, ensuring modern, cutting-edge solutions for all apparel projects.

Digital Fashion Solutions
Advanced skills in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Clo 3D, including virtual 3D garments, 3D rendering and videos and the creation of custom measurement avatars, alongside innovative AI-driven design and visualization techniques where required.

Mentorship & Leadership

Guidance and training for teams to develop both digital and physical fashion design skills, fostering creativity and expertise.

Creative Collaboration
Dedicated to delivering high-quality results with a proactive, organized, and communicative approach to client relationships. Committed to exceeding client expectations and building long term relationships.

With extensive experience designing successful fashion ranges for high-profile clients such as Jigsaw, The White Company, and many more, I have a proven track record of delivering commercially successful collections. My expertise has driven measurable success, including designing and overseeing a denim range that generated a net profit of £4.5M within two years, working just two days per week on the project.

 

I was honored to be invited twice to deliver UK market insights and trend analysis for a project in collaboration with The British Embassy. I bring long-established industry knowledge, strong market insight, and a commitment to creating well-curated, high-performing collections that resonate with both brands and consumers.

 

If you would like to learn more about how I can support your project, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I’d love to discuss how my skills and experience can bring your vision to life.

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Example of IRL design pack highlights and photos of first sample designed by Noo Holder. © One Collective 2024

Services

  • Trend research and forecasting with a high standard of presentation.

  • Fabric and supplier sourcing with experienced cost awareness.

  • Working with the client on design from initial concept through to sampling.

  • Delivering meticulously detailed tech packs to ensure excellent first samples.

  • Designing embellishment and embroidery with full technical artwork.

  • Liaising with suppliers for the absolute best outcome within your time frame.

  • Experienced fitting and quality control support during the sampling process.

  • 3D designs as photo-realistic renders, videos or customer interactive 3D.

  • 3D pattern cutting service producing sample-ready patterns with grading, including full size physical paper patterns where required, or emailable files.

  • Custom measurement avatars for tailored 3D fashion or specific body shapes.

  • AI generated photoshoots and videos from static images or concept boards.

WORKFLOW showing conversion from the garment being worn by an avatar to draped on a hanger.

All garments shown here and the image itself are the copyright of Noo Holder, © 2023. All rights reserved.  CLO Virtual Fashion, Inc. owns all rights to the avatar displayed. https://clo3d.com/

TURNTABLE showing stitching and construction.

CAD sketch of a scuba coat
AI generated photorealistic version of CAD

Coat CAD drawn using Adobe Illustrator and rendered into a realistic image using AI tools

Photo of first sample prototype converted to a moving video using AI tools

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© One Collective 2024 - Photo of a first sample prototype dress designed by Noo Holder.

Using AI the photo has been altered and turned into a video

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