Joana Fongern

Hi, my name is Joana and I am a skateboarder and streetwear designer based in Queens, NY. With 10 years in fashion design and 2.5 years in tech design, whilst building my own brand, I am able to provide support through the stages from Design to Production.

I offer services in

• product development: creating tech packs, line sheets, communication with domestic and overseas factories, domestic & overseas sampling, sourcing support, technical flats, creating and updating the production calendar
• design development: concept design, sketching, pattern making, research, moodboard creations I've been building my streetwear brand for the past two years which requires meticulous organization and the self-motivation to set up my own deadlines to keep everything on time.

Within my own brand, I not only designed the product, but I also worked out the logistics of how to execute the product.

My main focus lays in the streetwear industry which I am driven and inspired by the most. I really enjoy working on new projects with different people and can't wait to make things happen.

I consider myself to be a teamplayer, but I am also able to work on my own and with my own deadlines.

Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, and Word.

2019 - now: Owner and Founder of Nayf and Wavey (Streetwear Brand)

• designing, draping, and sampling
• RND and material sourcing
• marketing for website and social media
• grading and pattern making by hand
• sewing every piece in house
• on time production and quality control
• international and domestic shipping logistics
• interpersonal communication with vendors and customers
• photoshop, illustrator, excel and word - creating techpacks

April 2022- April 2023: Technical Designer for ODDOBODY (underwear brand)

• overseeing production of samples and bulk
• creating techpacks
• working with internal team and vendors to follow development of garments from conception to production
• reviewing and preparing samples for live model fittings
• clear and organised record keeping
• quality inspection
• pattern making
• interpersonal communication with overseas vendors
• overseas fabric and manufacturer sourcing

April 2018 - October 2018 Production Assistant for AREA (high-end womenswear brand)

• oversaw production of samples and bulk
• interpersonal communication with domestic and overseas factories
• creating techpacks, PO’s and trim bags for domestic and overseas factories
• reviewing and preparing samples for live model fittings
• trim sourcing for upcoming collection
• specked production samples and monitored production
• assisted in shipment with marketing

September 2017 - February 2018 Design/Production Assistant Intern for TIM COPPENS (Menswear)

• research and found inspiration
• sourced fabric and trim
• pattern cutting and toiling
• created tech packs for domestic factories
• specked production samples

September 2014 - May 2015 Design Intern for Asger Juel Larsen (Menswear)

• researched for upcoming collection
• created moodboards
• pattern cutting and toiling for collection and Woolmark Prize2015
• prepared tech packs for overseas factories
• attended fittings and assisted on lookbook shoots
• created showpieces in house
• attended Copenhagen’s Fabric Fairs

2015-2017: Masters in Fashion Design Technology Womenswear from London College of Fashion

2011-2014: Diploma in Modelism and Stylish from ESMOD Munich