Bhanushree Chogale

- Managed collaboration collections with Wrangler, Eightlines, Our Legacy & Mental Athletic - Collaborate with the Product Development Specialist and design team from ideation to production. - Maintain relationships with suppliers (Italy/abroad) for sample development and project coordination. - Use PLM/SAP systems in collaboration with the Ferrara production team. - Enter technical specifications and bills of materials. - Track work progress and provide updates. - Conduct fabric sampling during trade fairs. - Review and verify tech-packs created by the design team. - Propose packaging techniques and construction methods to optimize cost and industrialization. - Brief suppliers on sample launches and follow up on material approvals. - Ensure target cost is met based on retail targets. - Contribute in prototype, sample, and PPS fittings.

- Collaborate with the Product Development Specialist and design team from ideation to production. - Maintain relationships with suppliers (Italy/abroad) for sample development and project coordination. - Use PLM/SAP systems in collaboration with the Ferrara production team. - Enter technical specifications and bills of materials. - Track work progress and provide updates. - Conduct fabric sampling during trade fairs. - Review and verify tech-packs created by the design team. - Propose packaging techniques and construction methods to optimize cost and industrialization. - Brief suppliers on sample launches and follow up on material approvals. - Ensure target cost is met based on retail targets. - Contribute in prototype, sample, and PPS fittings.

Assisted as a backstage dresser for the renowned fashion brand Septwolves, managing the fast-paced environment of runway shows. Responsible for organizing and preparing outfits, ensuring smooth wardrobe changes, and collaborating closely with models, and the production team to maintain show quality and timing. Demonstrated strong attention to detail, adaptability, and the ability to work under pressure in a high-stakes setting.

- Developing a product range as per client brief. - Product development with Industry standard CAD sketches and detailed technical packs. - Prototype development and factory support for production.

Spearheaded the development of a new product line, utilising customer feedback and market research to identify an untapped market opportunity. Increased revenue by two times through the successful launch of a premium product line, which exceeded sales projections by 20% due to innovative design features and targeted marketing strategies. Streamlined the product design process by implementing agile methodologies, resulting in a 30% reduction in time-to-market for new products. Design -Analyse the market and monitor current fashion trends, collections, customer preferences and competitor activities. -Plan and create concepts for the month post guideline discussion for the look of the season/special collections/events. -Create sketches based on concepts and rendering the same with prints, colours and embroideries. -Ensure design trends are at par with market trends and inline with brand philosophy. -Ensure precise designs are are offered in order to maintain high design success rate and achieve targets. -Strong communication and articulation of ideas. -Strong organisational skills and creative ability. -High proficiency in Adobe Suite. Sampling & Vendor Management -Coordinate with vendors and for sample making and end to end coordination for production. -Collaborate with buying and sourcing for accurate design developments and fitting sessions. Shoots -Managing shoot samples with vendors and handing over to the stylists -Communicating shoot styles across the styling and graphics team with styling and shoot notes. -Effective communication for editing images post shoot. Ideation for landing page, banners, category tiles and Tiptiles. Collaborate with the graphics team for execution of the same. -Ensure final edited images are ready for upload. Catalogue -Detailed catalogue sheet with measurement sheet. -Curations for banners, Tip-tiles & category tiles. -Curations for Pair it ups. -End to end follow up for catalogue upload with images.

- Conducting market research and brand research to identify new trends, fabrics and techniques and seeking design inspiration. - Collaborating with team members to select seasonal themes and create new concepts. - Compiling forecast and runway research and developed moodboards with the design team. - Developing ideas and concepts and producing designs based by hand and flats on CAD. - Keeping up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends related to fabrics, colors and shapes. - Planning and developing ranges based on stories and hits. - Working with others in design team and textile team to develop products that meet the brief. - Liaising closely with Buying and Merchandising teams on an ongoing basis to ensure that the product suits the Customer, Market and Target price points; while maintaining the look and feel of the brand. - Understanding the technical perspectives of design. - Sourcing, selecting and buying fabrics, trims and embellishments from domestic as well as international market. - Working closely with Vendors for product development.

- Presenting forecast, trend study, market survey and brand analysis. - Creating theme, mood and fabric boards for each season and story. - Sourcing in India and Internationally for fabric. trims, fasteners and embellishments. - Range planning and development with design and buying team. - Developing several collections of garments and executing their sampling. - Coordinating with an entire unit of masters, tailors, graders, embroidery, dyers, etc. - Liaising with graphic team for creating prints and graphics. - Also worked on capsule collections for T-shirts, Sweatshirts and T-shirt dresses. - Working closely with Licensing Agencies on targeted merchandise. - Travelling with merchandiser for vendor visits to give approvals.

- Prepare detailed tech packs and update all packs over the course of the critical path. - Organize materials and samples and digital files. - Sourcing Fabrics and trims for sampling, overlooking the sampling for samples to get ready in time for range presentation. - Developing detailed flat sketches and visual merchandising sheets. - Following up with the vendors for sampling. - Assisted in day- to- day creative needs like shortlisting base colors, prints and graphics. - Handing over proto samples along with techpacks and patterns to sourcing. - Assisted in co ordinating with the sourcing team on design, product development and production approvals, fits and pre production samples. - Designed a mini T-shirt capsule.

Competition and aspirational brand research, concept development, design ideation and range plan.

Styling television celebrities for award shows, reality shows and personal shoots.

- Assisted in designing collections and range presentation. - Developing jacquard designs, embroideries and prints. - Creating mood boards, experimenting with fabrics and technique applications. - Overseeing sampling for range presentation and production approvals. - Travelling nationally for sourcing fabrics, trims and embellishments. - Assisting in trade shows.

- Assisted in developing a Chanderi sarees range. - Created concept boards, color stories and range presentation. - Development of motifs designs inspired from the historical monuments of Chanderi.

Project Management Research Methods & Fashion Trends Brand Management Brand Design Merchandising & Pricing Communication Design Italian Fashion System Entrepreneurship Fashion Sustainability Fashion Business Models Management and planning of creative processes and collection development: from the codification and understanding of brand values and stylistic codes to the ability to apply the codes within the different product categories and product lines, to collection planning through merchandising planning, supplier selection & management up to the organization and management of trade marketing & communication processes.

Best Academic Excellence Award

Milano