This past week was definitely a busy one! The design team is getting ready to start planning the Fall '16 for the ZAC Zac Posen outerwear line. I actually got to attend to the creative meeting with the Zac Posen design team where we discussed our vision for the upcoming Fall line. Last week, we sent out fabric choices to be approved by the Ready to Wear design team and now that we have received their comments we can proceed to put together a color palette. I worked with the lead designer to pick out Pantone swatches and find swatches of other fabrics in colors we like. Then, we send out our color and fabric choices to our manufactures for lab dips, which will show us what our fabrics will look like in our new color palette - this way we can make adjustments as needed. Simultaneously, we've also been preparing our Spring '16 coats for production. I had to make up and send out quality cards to all of our factories. These cards include swatches and samples of all the fabrics, colors, trim details, zippers, etc and act sort of like an insurance policy in case any of the orders get messed up. This week, I also got to accompany the lead designer in meetings with our tanneries and leather retailers. They basically come into our showroom with all of these giant suitcases that are filled with leather skins in almost any color and texture you can imagine. Of course, we then take swatches of qualities we think we can use for either the ZAC label or any of our private label projects, but it's still fun to look at all of the different leathers.
Outside of work, I also ventured up to Central Park and the American Museum of Natural History, which is the museum the movie Night At the Museum is based off of. I had a lot of fun and definitely recommend checking it out! It's fairly easy to get to from Manhattan, via the metro, and you only have to give a small donation for general admission.
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