I have a wide breadth of experience across different areas of the fashion industry, including:

Starting at Perry Ellis in his early days I joined as a Menswear Designer working on all the design and development of all classifications of product for Perry Ellis Portfolio Menswear.

I worked with the Calvin Klein and Donna Karan design teams respectively, as Knitwear Designer for their Women's Collections.

I joined the staff of Vogue Magazine just after Anna Wintour became 
Editor and Chief, with the encouragement of Grace Coddington, who I worked with at Calvin Klein.

Wanting to re-immerse myself in the process of design and creating product I joined Barneys New York as Design Director of the 
Barneys New York Women's Collection. I led the design and development of the private label Collection and multiple classifications from beginning to end allocation into all stores.

I joined Ralph Lauren as Senior Fashion Director of Women's Design,
where I worked on the design direction and development of the 
Ralph Lauren Collection (runway) and the Classics Collection.

Parsons School of Design

Design direction, and development of Ralph Lauren Collection and the Classics Collection.
R&D, concept and style ideation, fittings, styling for runway shows and showroom appointments.
Attended Premier Vision for fabric R&D

Senior Fashion Director, Women's Design

Led design and development of Barneys New York private label Women's Collection and classifications from ideation to manufacturing to store allocation.
Attended Premier Vision and other menswear and womenswear trade shows for R&D.
Worked with factories on the development and fittings of all product categories.

Design Director, Barneys New York Collection Womenswear

Senior Market Editor covering American and French Designers, Knitwear and Lingerie markets. Attending all showroom appointments  and runway shows.
Video content creation. 
Vogue spokesperson for video, Oprah, and other special projects.
Liaison for Vogue Patterns licensing agreement.
Attended Premier Vision and other womenswear trade shows.

Jackie Spaniel-Chapin

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