KRISTINA SIPYLAITE
Summary
Highly skilled fashion professional with extensive experience in design teams and fashion studio environments. Proficient in creative pattern cutting, draping, sewing, couture techniques, and embellishments, complemented by advanced CAD skills including Photoshop, Illustrator, PE-Design, N-hega, and basic skills CLO3D. Adept at operating and maintaining industrial sewing machines while delivering innovative solutions through technical fashion skills.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work history
Fashion Technical Assistant
University of East London
London
04.2022 - 04.2025
- Leading workshops, supporting students with making patterns, explaining how to sew garments.
- Specializing in creative pattern cutting, guiding students through sewing, embellishments process.
- Managing the fashion technical areas and basic maintenance of the studio equipment.
- Health & safety inductions, maintaining health and safety procedures for all spaces and equipments and conducting.
- Providing technical support, guidance and demonstration to staff and students in studio facilities.
- Providing assistance in the setting up, including construction of shows and events.
- Showing students how to use fashion equipments.
- Maintaining the stock level in the store and assisting with orders.
- Liaison with equipment suppliers, service companies and contractors for purchasing studio materials, maintenance and repair of equipment.
- Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Clothes Maker and Tailoring – Self Employed
01.2013 - 04.2025
- Worked a Hattie Crowther, creating first sample, managed client fitting, digitalised the patterns and assisted the factory in China to finish garments to the highest quality standards.
- At this moment, I am creating a Yoga & Meditation collection. Manage project timelines, setting deadlines for the design and production. This involves silhouette, colour and fabric research, pattern creation, sewing first sample, tech pack, grading.
- Sewing bespoke clothes based on client specification and personal style.
- Making patterns and sewing together sections of material to form mock-ups, samples of garments or articles, using sewing equipment/overlock.
- Visiting fashion/textile shows and exhibitions to keep up to date with the latest trends.
Fashion Assistant
Marta Jacubowski
London
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Company Overview: London (self-employed)
- Idea generation, pattern making and creation of first samples.
- Assisting with training of fashion interns.
- Helped with London fashion week collection presentations.
- Made patterns and sewed for clients including musician Rihanna.
- London (self-employed)
College Teaching Assistant (Freelance)
British Institute of Technical and E-Commerce
02.2015 - 08.2015
- Provided support to lecturers during practical fashion lessons in the college studio.
- Showed fashion students how to make mood boards, pattern cutting, and sewing.
- Assisted with other minor tasks.
Clothes Tailor (Self Employed)
01.2005 - 01.2012
- Design clothing and accessories, creating original garments or design garments that follow well established fashion trends.
- Develop the line of colour and kinds of materials.
- Direct and coordinate workers involved in drawing and cutting patterns and constructing samples or finished garments.
Tailor – Pattern Maker
YZZY Fashion House
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Company Overview: Lithuania
- General tailoring and pattern making duties based on designer sketches.
- Sewed various parts of the garment and hand finished the garment in some cases.
- Maintained inventory of threads, buttons, zips, needles etc.
- Provided estimate of complete garments to customers as per the required resources.
- Lithuania
Tailor
Dainava Tailoring Company
01.1992 - 01.1994
- Company Overview: Lithuania
- Sewing clothes under industrial conditions.
- Worked with speed and high accuracy in order to meet up with strict deadlines.
- Maintained records of all alterations on garments and mentioned it on the tag.
- Correctly followed all supervisor and company instructions/safety rules.
- Lithuania
Education
HND - Fashion and Textile
British Institute of Technology and E-commerce
London 01.2013 - 01/2015
BA - Fashion
London Metropolitan University
City of London 01.2015 - 01/2017
Apparel Design/ Style Design - undefined
Vilnius College
01.1998 - 01/2001
Skills
- Strong organisational skills
- Experience working with design teams
- Experience in fashion studio environment
- Fashion technical skills
- Creative pattern cutting
- Draping
- Sewing
- Couture techniques
- Embellishments
- Advanced CAD skills
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- PE-Design
- N-hega
- Basic CLO3D skills
- Operating industrial sewing machines
- Maintenance of industrial sewing machines
Awards
- Technicians Choice Awards, 2023, University of East London ACI
- Industry Award, 2017, Design and Craftsmanship, Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University
- Design Award, 2017, Award for Research, Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University
Timeline
Fashion Technical Assistant
University of East London
04.2022 - 04.2025
Fashion Assistant
Marta Jacubowski
01.2017 - 01.2019
College Teaching Assistant (Freelance)
British Institute of Technical and E-Commerce
02.2015 - 08.2015
BA - Fashion
London Metropolitan University
01.2015 - 01/2017
Clothes Maker and Tailoring – Self Employed
01.2013 - 04.2025
HND - Fashion and Textile
British Institute of Technology and E-commerce
01.2013 - 01/2015
Clothes Tailor (Self Employed)
01.2005 - 01.2012
Tailor – Pattern Maker
YZZY Fashion House
01.2002 - 01.2004
Apparel Design/ Style Design - undefined
Vilnius College
01.1998 - 01/2001
Tailor
Dainava Tailoring Company
01.1992 - 01.1994
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