From October 11, 2018 to October 12, Mr. Stephane, a senior fabric designer invited by POP, gave lessons about design and development of fabrics to members of POP, sharing his a dozen years' work experience for international famous brands. Meanwhile, Short lessons on fabrics will soon begin in Hangzhou on October 14 and 15.

Stephane

French specialist on knitwear and jacquard fabric

Guest professor on material and fabric design in top French fashion colleges-I.F.M, Bercot

Stephane has worked for Hermes since 2009 and for Zadig et Voltaire since 2016. Stephane also once worked for Celine, Cacharel, Ding Tian, Prada, Miumiu and LV.

During the class, Mr. Stephane talked about the duty and work process for a fabric designer by using his experience on designing and developing for international brands. Meanwhile, he also emphasized the importance and potential of fabric design&development.

By analyzing the cases in the morning, Mr. Stephane thoroughly explained the two models of the brand-driven R&D and production-driven R&D to guide coachees on how to reasonably arrange design and development work. Those typical cases successfully passed on new ideas to coachees.

In the meantime, Mr. Stephane also gave his answers one by one on the problems and difficulties most Chinese companies faced. For example, some coachees were concerned about how to obtain new ideas on fabric design. Mr. Stephane put forward the practical suggestion: On the basis of many years' experience, companines should find their own advantages so as to develop the sustainable path. At same time, the accurate judgement on trend ought to be focused on to strengthen fashion and design.

Mr. Stephane brought his works in those case, including the customized fabrics for Balenciaga. He patiently explained the technique of every fabric and the unique ideas.