George Moskal

Current

Freelance Textile and Apparel Designer at George Moskal
Owner/Designer at George Moskal

Past

Textile Designer and Apparel Designer at Target
Textile Designer at Marshall Field's
Designer at Topshop

Design Internship at Zandra Rhodes

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Education

University of Wisconsin-Stout
American Intercontinental University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Apparel & Fashion

Websites

George Moskal’s Summary

Textile and apparel designer available for freelance work (on or offsite). Experience in women's and intimate's with a focus on the contemporary and junior markets. I have a fully set up home studio with Photoshop and Illustrator CS3. Ability to create original print repeats, graphics, wovens, and garment sketches.

I am a very talented and versatile designer that loves excepting new challenges. Ability to work with tight deadlines, open to feedback and available at a competitive price.

George Moskal’s Specialties:

Intuitive and unique design ability
Keen sense of color
Trend forecasting expert
Computer illustration, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, KaratCAD and U4ia
Traditional illustration including color pencil, marker, and gauche,
Garment construction and fit knowledge

George Moskal’s Experience

Freelance Textile and Apparel Designer

George Moskal

(Apparel & Fashion industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year)

• Create original print repeats, graphics, wovens and colorways
• Re-work, clean, and color reduce provided artwork
• Sketch original garment designs or work from provided
samples and images
• Current clients include: Pattern People in Portland, OR and
Cherry Design Partners in NYC
Owner/Designer

George Moskal

(Apparel & Fashion industry)

September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)

• Design and produce women's fashion apparel collection
• Currently taking custom orders from www.georgemoskal.com
• 2005-2008 collections sold at Design Collective in Minneapolis
• Present fashion collection at “Voltage: Fashion Amplified”
2007 and 2008 runway shows
Textile Designer and Apparel Designer

Target

(Public Company; TGT; Retail industry)

March 2003 — March 2008 (5 years 1 month)

• Lead print/pattern direction and design for Junior and Contemporary brands
• Design all prints, yarn dyes, and graphics for Xhilaration and Mossimo
• Create and present seasonal trend boards to merchant and design teams
• Hand off all textile design packages to vendor and approve resulting strike-offs, lab dips, and handlooms

• Design and manage product assortment for Liz Lange Maternity
• Create and present seasonal trend and adjacency boards to merchant and design teams
• Illustrate technical flats, assemble product design packages and hand off to vendors
• Review and approve all vendor fit samples, strike-offs and lap dips
Textile Designer

Marshall Field's

(Public Company; TGT; Retail industry)

August 2000 — March 2003 (2 years 8 months)

• Design silhouette and artwork for in-house Junior and Contemporary lines.
• Provide creative input and trend direction
• Produce flat sketches and CADs for original and purchased artwork
Designer

Topshop

(Apparel & Fashion industry)

April 2002 — September 2002 (6 months)

• Collection of original designs produced and sold at Topshop
Boutique
Design Internship

Zandra Rhodes

(Apparel & Fashion industry)

September 1997 — December 1997 (4 months)

• Pattern making, print design and cataloging the Zandra Rhode fashion archives for “The Fashion and Textile Museum”

George Moskal’s Education

University of Wisconsin-Stout

B.S. , Apparel Design , 1994 — 1999

• “Best Collection” award for graduate show, 1999
• “Best of Show” award for junior show, 1998
• Artist in Residence, 1998-1999
• Produce a funded series of artwork for gallery exhibition
housed in permanent collection
American Intercontinental University

Fashion Design 1998 — 1998

• International Fashion Design program
• Present millinery collection at fashion show sponsored by DuPont Corporation

Additional Information

George Moskal’s Websites:

George Moskal’s Interests:

Fashion, art, theatre, film, music, reading, cooking

George Moskal’s Groups:

Fashion & Life Style Network
Art & Design
Luxury & Lifestyle Professionals
Fashion Marketing & Digital Media Group (FMG): A Meeting Place for Fashion & Marketing Professionals
Apparel Executives Forum
Fashion Designers Guild
StyleCareers
Fashion & Lifestyle Industry Professionals Worldwide
International Fashion & Apparel Association
Target Alumni Network
Fashion & Apparel
The Rolling Rack
Textile Designers
Women's Wear Daily
Freelance Artists and Designers