Textile Designer Interns at Free People

Senior Textile Designer Megan Kohl is having a great summer interning with Free People at their corporate headquarters at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. 

Megan responded to a few questions about her experience:

• How did you land this internship?

-I got this internship after an interview with Urban Outfitters at the career fair at school, which then led me to this position.  

• What are your responsibilities?

-Some of my responsibilities include putting patterns into repeat, making different color ways and keeping up with print packages that need to be sent out.  

• Please describe a typical day.

- On a normal day I will scan in some designs and put them into repeat, mainly stripe layouts and plaids and after that is done it then needs to get approved by the designer.  Then I will create a package for it to be sent overseas so we can get strike offs. Sometimes I will also work on mood boards for a trend and color ways for that trend based on chosen inspiration.  

•  What sort of projects are you working on? Who do you work with?

-I am working on a collection of about 5 prints right now that I will present to the manager of design and the buying manager at the end of my internship. I work with the print team and color team closely but also with the fashion designers and the trend team.