Paola Espinosa
Assistant Designer, Women’s RTW Hardwovens at FRAME- Claim this Profile
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Laurie Burruss
Paola is an awesome fashion designer who is dedicated to uplifting the industry through her research in bio-materials. She has made fabric from avocados, kambucha, and all sorts of plant materials. Her research lies in sustainability and what that means to run and manage a sustainable, environmentally sound company that pays living wages. She is the kind of person you in whom you hope to see the future realized. She is an excellent student, a real leader in her course, innovative and creative, and unafraid of complex problem solving. I would want her on my design team. - Laurie
Laurie Burruss
Paola is an awesome fashion designer who is dedicated to uplifting the industry through her research in bio-materials. She has made fabric from avocados, kambucha, and all sorts of plant materials. Her research lies in sustainability and what that means to run and manage a sustainable, environmentally sound company that pays living wages. She is the kind of person you in whom you hope to see the future realized. She is an excellent student, a real leader in her course, innovative and creative, and unafraid of complex problem solving. I would want her on my design team. - Laurie
Laurie Burruss
Paola is an awesome fashion designer who is dedicated to uplifting the industry through her research in bio-materials. She has made fabric from avocados, kambucha, and all sorts of plant materials. Her research lies in sustainability and what that means to run and manage a sustainable, environmentally sound company that pays living wages. She is the kind of person you in whom you hope to see the future realized. She is an excellent student, a real leader in her course, innovative and creative, and unafraid of complex problem solving. I would want her on my design team. - Laurie
Laurie Burruss
Paola is an awesome fashion designer who is dedicated to uplifting the industry through her research in bio-materials. She has made fabric from avocados, kambucha, and all sorts of plant materials. Her research lies in sustainability and what that means to run and manage a sustainable, environmentally sound company that pays living wages. She is the kind of person you in whom you hope to see the future realized. She is an excellent student, a real leader in her course, innovative and creative, and unafraid of complex problem solving. I would want her on my design team. - Laurie
Credentials
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Masters of Fine Art in Design
University of Southern CaliforniaAug, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Introduction to CLO's 3D Garment Visualization
Fashion Institute of TechnologyMar, 2022- Nov, 2024
Experience
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FRAME
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United States
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Retail Apparel and Fashion
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200 - 300 Employee
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Assistant Designer, Women’s RTW Hardwovens
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Feb 2023 - Present
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Full-Time RTW Design Intern
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Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
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Boyish
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United States
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Apparel & Fashion
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1 - 100 Employee
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Design Intern
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Dec 2021 - Mar 2022
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Freelance Designer/Seamstress
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Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
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NOT JUST A LABEL
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United Kingdom
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Luxury Goods & Jewelry
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern
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Jan 2021 - May 2021
- Worked with NJAL and Zalando on collaboration projects. -Promoted to lead designer curation, selecting designers for White, Grey, and Black Sheep status. -Scouted 85+ rising designers as clients weekly to collaborate and feature on Not Just A Label’s platform. -Curated collections for the website in collaboration with 500+ designers over the course of five months. -Created content daily on multiple social media platforms, reaching more than 165k+ individuals. -Implemented strategies to increase eCommerce sales and grow social media presence through a selection of homepage key features, including banner images, shop, designers, and collection tiles. Conducted eCommerce product approval and new arrival curation for the website.
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Fashion Community Week
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United States
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Fashion Designer Coordinator
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Dec 2020 - Mar 2021
Research Business by categories such as location and types of business. - Research included Fashion Designers, Models, Beauty artists and other industry Fashion and beauty talents. - Reached out to researched, ‘Fashion & Beauty Talents’ and send invitation with participation information. - Coordinated casting calls & fittings for the fashion show and follow up with the participants with show details. - In charge of the backstage production, coordinating Fashion designers, models, beauty team and volunteers. - Created a press release that went out to all media channels for featured content.
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Fashion Network Association
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United States
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Apparel & Fashion
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1 - 100 Employee
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Fashion Designer
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Aug 2017 - May 2020
Event Planner and designer Event Planner and designer
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Nordstrom
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Retail Sales
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Feb 2019 - May 2019
-Developed strong relationships with customers and co workers. Positively and proactively handled customer concerns by prioritizing multiple tasks in a fast paced environment. -Learned new retail procedures and processes. -Possessed a high level of ownership, accountability and initiative. -Developed strong relationships with customers and co workers. Positively and proactively handled customer concerns by prioritizing multiple tasks in a fast paced environment. -Learned new retail procedures and processes. -Possessed a high level of ownership, accountability and initiative.
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Nordstrom
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Retail Sales
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2016 - 2017
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Education
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2020 - 2022
University of Southern California
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Design -
2017 - 2020
San Francisco State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Fashion/Apparel Design -
2017 - 2020
San Francisco State University
Minor, Business Administration
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