about



Visionary Creative Leader with experience directing apparel design and brand strategy across volume and specialty businesses, bringing over 15+ years of expertise in building apparel brands, shaping products, and leading creative teams. Built and led an independent apparel company before returning to a scaled retail business, developing a strong understanding of how creative decisions connect to customer, product, brand, and business outcomes. Deep, hands-on expertise in apparel design, pattern, fit, fabrication, color use, garment construction, sourcing, and commercialization provides the creative credibility to understand the work at every level.

Now focused on leveraging deep craft and business experience to elevate others, set creative vision, develop talent, and bring teams and stakeholders together around stronger decisions and outcomes. Recognized as a servant leader who builds team culture around clarity, autonomy, and shared purpose, removing process friction so designers can focus on creating great work.


Core competencies:
Creative & Design Direction:
Seasonal Concepting, Market Research, Trend Forecasting, Color/Print/Pattern Direction, Silhouette, Fit & Garment Construction, Fabrication & Trims, Capsule Collaborations.

Executive Leadership & Operations:
Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Servant Leadership, Talent Development, Process Optimization, Calendar Management, Budgeting & Margin Optimization.

Business & Supply Chain Strategy:
P&L Oversight, International & Domestic Sourcing (NYC, Portugal, Japan, Korea), Vendor Management, Wholesale & Direct-to-Consumer Strategy, Executive Stakeholder Management.

Technical & Tools:
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, PLM Systems, Generative AI Tools for Market Analysis, Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint.


+1 206 280 7274
juliette@juliettefabbri.com
@juliettefabbri