Orla L McCarthy

24 Mount Road, London, NW4 3PU

Phone: +44 793 606 7347
E-Mail: orlalmccarthy@hotmail.co.uk
Website:www.orlalmccarthy.weebly.com Instagram:
www.instagram.com/orlalmccarthydesigns

Personal Profile

I am currently in my third and final year at Nottingham Trent University studying for a BA (Hons) in
Fashion Design. I previously completed a Higher National Diploma at the London Fashion Retail
Academy in Art and Design (Fashion). I have a wide variety of experiences, that have helped me gain
confidence and skills, which can help me through many different circumstances. I am a confident,
hardworking, organized person and I enjoy engaging with people.
Whilst studying at the Fashion Retail Academy, I took part in the TopMan industry module. This
involved working to create a mini menswear collection and presenting it to the TopMan team,
including Gordon Richardson. After pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone trying to come up with
unique and innovated ideas, my group of three won the TopMan award.

Education and Qualifications

-Nottingham Trent University
BA (hons) Fashion Design

-Fashion Retail Academy:

DDD in a Higher National Diploma in Art and Design (Fashion and Clothing)

-Loreto College, St Albans:

9A-C GCSEs, including higher Maths, English, History, Art and Textiles.

My Skills
-Manufacturing garments and pattern construction, over four years of experience.
-Adobe CAD skills in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Including other basic computer skills.
-Team working
-Management skills
-Marketing experience
-Prints. (Laser etching, Screen printing and digital printing.)

Work Experience

October 2014 The Textiles Forum- London Fashion Fabric Show

I won a place working for this fashion company. Although it was only for two days, I did get a lot of
administration experience and learnt skills in how to communicate with people from the industry and
to understand more about other areas of the fashion world.

December 2013 Daily Mirror- Fashion section

During my placement I helped out with two photo-shoots. This involved me communicating with PR
companies to get sample garments to be used during the shoots. Once the clothing had been
delivered I was then in charge of organizing all the stock for the shoots. I was also given fashion
topics that I to research and create notes for future articles.

July 2015 London Irish Partners (assistant website design and marketing)
July 2010 Rifsons accountancy firm (office help)
2011.2012 Age UK shop assistant (shop assistant)
2013 St Josephs Infant School (class assistant)