Curriculum Vitae

Romy McCloskey

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dedicated, detail-oriented creative designer and hand embroidery artist with cross-functional expertise in couture costume and fashion design, precision patternmaking and couture construction, highlighting a mastery of intricate hand embroidery and beadwork.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Experience

Film

Costume Supervisor
Postman (2019)
Director: Minkyu Kang

Television

Theater

Costume Design
Full Cast
A Christmas Story The Musical (2019)
Director: Keith Brumfield

Costume Design
Mad Hatter, Queen Lillian, King Harold
Shrek The Musical (2019)
Director: Keith Brumfield

Fashion and Costume Design

Owner/Principal Designer
Faden Design Studios • The Woodlands, TX • 2002 – Present

IMDB recognized designer specializing in gender and size inclusive couture design and hand-embroidery for film, stage, television, and private commission.

• Designed and developed over a dozen cut and sew and knit, ready-to-wear womenswear labels for Target Stores.
• Created presentation boards, trend layouts, line sheets, technical flats, factory specs, colorways, printed and embroidered textile options, as well as graphic artwork for other embellished designs.
• Acted as Color manager, responsible for color/lab dip and printed pattern approvals for overseas factory production and maintained color archives.

Assistant Fashion Designer
Nah Nah Collections • New York, NY • 1992 – 1996

• Responsible for production specs, technical flats and post- production lot inspections.
• Assisted head pattern maker during pre-production fitting.
• Aided in product development and design of high end size inclusive evening wear.
• Liaison between head designers, pattern drafters, sample room staff, production and sales staff.

Assistant Designer
Tait Mates • Connecticut • 1988 – 1992

• Aided in product development and design of all garments and textiles produced by the studio and factory.
• Responsible for production specs, technical flats and post- production lot inspections.
• Assisted in sample and production fittings.
• Designated cutter for all sample garments of high end Petite, Missy and Plus size evening and special occasion wear.
• Maintained fabric, trim and embellishment library for the studio.

Organizations

The Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Member
The Textile Society of America, Member
The Costume Society, Member
IMDB, Member

Education

Savannah College of Art and Design • Savannah, GA

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fashion Design
Minor, Art History