Mekeya Bell Watertown, NY

   

Mekeya_bell@yahoo.com  

FASHION DESIGNER  

Overview Active freelance fashion designer demonstrating artistic skills and abilities developed over time. A self-starter, team player and ambitious individual who uses her current knowledge to create designs, which capture audiences from various backgrounds. Having a keen eye for detail helped to invoke unique patters, colors, shapes and designs to transfer the images in mind creating garments for public appreciation.

   

Areas of Expertise • Fashion Illustration • Presentation Boards • Color Swatch • Flat Sketches • Garment construction

 • Adobe Photoshop/Illustrations • Women’s Apparel • Pattern Drafting & Development • Fit Evaluation • Wardrobe stylist

   

Professional Experience

 FREELANCE DESIGNER

Photo shoot • Gathered necessary resources to compose a prominent

concept that was relatively captured in all aspects of the shoot. • Monitored and controlled the shoot • Provided necessary ideas and props that complimented the shoot • Hands on in the process of styling the model’s hair, makeup and

apparel  

Simeon Career Academy • Illustrated designs and sourced fabrics for high school

seniors approaching prom  

X-Clusive Dance Troupe • Creatively designed and illustrated dance uniforms for dance

troupes while correspondingly executing the use of color and fabrics.

December 2013                      January 2008      

 June 2005- June 2006

 

 INTERNSHIP

F.U.I.S (Fresh Under Influence of Success) • Designed apparel for both men and women for urban brand

F.U.I.S KIWI’s Boutique

• Designed apparel for women’s retail store, Kiwi’s Boutique

October 2013- February 2014    December 2012

     

Education & Qualifications

 Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois- Graduated May 2014

Bachelors of Fine Arts in Fashion Design    

References & Supporting Documentation Furnished Upon Request