Farewell Mongolia
For now this is the final report of our Mongolian knitwear design project. The collections are nearly finished – and our designer can almost go home. We think she did great work - and we are impressed with her creativity, flexibility and her persistence.
In this presentation you can see some pictures of the collection development process, pictures of the dying factory, the show room - and a picture of our designer’s TV interview. Yes, we think she is a star! Thank you Tanja – and have a safe journey back home.
Fashion design director: Richard Roelofse
Richard Roelofse graduated in 1994 from the renowned fashion department at Arnhem academy of Art and Design, The Netherlands. After working as a junior fashion designer for avant-garde fashion designer Walter van Beirendonck (‘the six of Antwerp’), he was hired by one of Europe’ prime clothing retailer, C&A (EBSCO). At their menswear department in Brussels, he worked on repositioning projects of C&A brands, global trend scouting projects and he developed fashion trends presentations.
William Baird Group (UK) assigned Richard in 1998 to develop a new casual wear segment for their classical menswear brand Van Gils. Richard was responsible for the design of Van Gils’ first ever- casual wear collections - and for the revitalization of the brand’ image.
Richard started several new clothing brands from the bottom up - from concept, design through to sourcing and production (China, Turkey, Portugal, Tunisia, Italy, Indonesia). In 2002 Richard and a business partner got a clothing licence for Greyhound Lines USA - and in 2004 a clothing licence for NYSP (New York Sports Clubs).
By winning K-Swiss Europe’ International brand identity pitch in 2005, he got the opportunity to design and develop K-Swiss’ first ever European life-style sportswear brand identity. He was also in charge of collection concepts, clothing collections and product development.
In 2008 Richard established fashion design company ‘freelancefashiondesign.com’. Together with a team of International designers he is working on ‘global’ clients.
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William Baird Group (UK) assigned Richard in 1998 to develop a new casual wear segment for their classical menswear brand Van Gils. Richard was responsible for the design of Van Gils’ first ever- casual wear collections - and for the revitalization of the brand’ image.
Richard started several new clothing brands from the bottom up - from concept, design through to sourcing and production (China, Turkey, Portugal, Tunisia, Italy, Indonesia). In 2002 Richard and a business partner got a clothing licence for Greyhound Lines USA - and in 2004 a clothing licence for NYSP (New York Sports Clubs).
By winning K-Swiss Europe’ International brand identity pitch in 2005, he got the opportunity to design and develop K-Swiss’ first ever European life-style sportswear brand identity. He was also in charge of collection concepts, clothing collections and product development.
In 2008 Richard established fashion design company ‘freelancefashiondesign.com’. Together with a team of International designers he is working on ‘global’ clients.
View Richard Roelofse's profileRichard Roelofse
- freelancefashiondesign.com
- Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
- Hi there, Thank you for visiting! Richard Roelofse E-mail:info@freelancefashiondesign.com