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Oksana Volobuieva

Montreal,QC

Summary

Versatile Dressmaker and Designer with extensive experience in tailoring, pattern making, and customer service. Skilled in working with a diverse range of materials as wool, silk, chiffon, organza and lace. Proficient in sewing machine maintenance. Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt to new challenges, ensuring high-quality garment finishing and customer satisfaction. Fluent in Ukrainian and English, beginner in French.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Dressmaker/Alterationist/Seamstress

Freelancer
05.2023 - Current
  • Perform of apparel women’s clothing, repair and alteration of garments of all types of fabrics and materials
  • Re-construct garments to account for size change
  • Work with a variety of materials, including specialty fabrics such as silk, lace, chiffon, wool
  • Operate sewing equipment, including single needle machines(light fabric, heavy duty), serger, cover+serge

3d Fashion Designer

Freelancer
09.2021 - Current
  • Knowledge of the program CLO 3D and still developing
  • Creating 3d garments from patterns, sketches, conceptual ideas using CLO3D
  • Producing realistic garment photos with models, showcasing designs in various poses, lighting and backgrounds
  • Simple animations using different avatar poses or motions to present garments in dynamic ways
  • Freelancing work on Fiverr
  • Providing photo editing enhancement services using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom
  • Beginner in AI fashion creator

Clothing Tailor/Dressmaker/Assistant Pattern Designer

Fulltime
08.2020 - 08.2021
  • Developed patterns based on sketches, translating design concepts into tangible garments
  • Selection fabrics considering of suitability for the design ideas
    Fitting and adjusting clothes on the client
  • Working with seamstress during the process of making clothe
  • Assist with providing customer service, taking measurements for alterations
  • Work with a variety of materials. Properly finish all garments, inspect for client delivery

Private Entrepreneur (own Project)

Self Employed
09.2013 - 08.2019
  • Sketch design
  • Fabric selection
  • Making of patterns, cutting the fabrics
  • Tailoring
  • Development and manufacturing of capsule collections as a presentation of the brand of clothing
  • Development and manufacturing of capsule mass collections of clothing (3-5 units of one model of different sizes)
  • Open work permit
  • Participated with a fashion show in Lviv Fashion Week 2011 Participated with a fashion show in SS 2017 in Odesa Fashion Wee

Clothing Tailor/Dressmaker/Assistant Pattern Designer

Design Atelier
08.2007 - 05.2013
  • Developed patterns based on sketches, translating design concepts into tangible garments
  • Selection fabric considering of suitability for the design ideas
  • Fitting and adjusting clothes on the client
  • Working with seamstress during the process of making clothe

Education

Master of Arts - Fashion Design And Production

Lviv National Academy of Art
Lviv Ukraine

GED -

Boryslav Vocational School
Boryslav, Ukraine
2000

Skills

  • Ability to work with various materials including silk, chiffon, lace, wool, velvet, linen, canvas
  • Good knowledge of sewing machine maintenance
  • Experience in apparel retail, providing customer service, preparing orders
  • Experience sewing haute couture dress handmade craft with embroidery and drapery
  • Speak Ukrainian, intermediate English, beginners in French
    Fast learning

Timeline

Dressmaker/Alterationist/Seamstress

Freelancer
05.2023 - Current

3d Fashion Designer

Freelancer
09.2021 - Current

Clothing Tailor/Dressmaker/Assistant Pattern Designer

Fulltime
08.2020 - 08.2021

Private Entrepreneur (own Project)

Self Employed
09.2013 - 08.2019

Clothing Tailor/Dressmaker/Assistant Pattern Designer

Design Atelier
08.2007 - 05.2013

Master of Arts - Fashion Design And Production

Lviv National Academy of Art

GED -

Boryslav Vocational School

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