KOECKHOVEN
FASHION DESIGNER
CREATIVE CONSULTANT
Jennifer Koeckhoven is a multifaceted fashion designer based in Southern California. She specializes in women’s wovens, including both soft and structured styles. Her professional experience spans diverse markets and product categories. She is forever inspired by fashion’s ability to empower and express the authentic self.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
ST. JOHN KNITS
AS SENIOR DESIGNER AT ST. JOHN KNITS, JENNIFER WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE EVP AND SVP OF DESIGN IN THE CREATION OF THE COLLECTION. HER WORK ENCOMPASSES ALL CATEGORIES FROM DAY TO EVENING. SHE ALSO LEADS AND MANAGES THE DESIGN TEAM.
2022 - PRESENT
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:
RHODE
ST. ROCHE
AMO DENIM
AS CREATIVE CONSULTANT, JENNIFER WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH DESIGN DIRECTOR AND/OR BUSINESS OWNERS AND DEVELOPMENT TEAMS IN DESIGNING AND BRINGING PRODUCT TO LIFE
2020-2022
PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVE:
SPORTALM KITZBÜHEL
NAUTICA
DKNY
2009 - 2020
BEGINNING AS A DESIGN INTERN AT DONNA KARAN COLLECTION ON SEVENTH AVENUE, JENNIFER HAS WORKED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF EXPERIENCED AND TALENTED CREATIVE LEADERSHIP, AND ALONGSIDE EQUALLY INSPIRING AND GIFTED DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT TEAMS.
AS A YOUNG GRADUATE OF FIT, IN 2010 SHE MOVED TO AUSTRIA (TO FOLLOW HER HEART). THERE, AFTER A YEAR OF INTENSE GERMAN CLASSES AND MANY BOLD INTRODUCTIONS AT ISPO MUNICH, SHE FOUND WORK AS A DESIGNER AT A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS: SPORTALM KITZBÜHEL. SHE DESIGNED COMPLETE COLLECTIONS AT SPORTALM, WORKING WITH IN-HOUSE PATTERNMAKERS AND SAMPLE ROOM ON THE DEVELOPMENT END. THIS EXPERIENCE WAS INCREDIBLY REWARDING AND SHAPED HER IN COUNTLESS WAYS.
THREE AND A HALF YEARS LATER, RETURNING TO NEW YORK AFTER SPORTALM, JENNIFER WORKED AS WOVENS AND OUTERWEAR DESIGNER AT NAUTICA (UNDER VF CORP). THIS INCLUDED DENIM AS WELL AS KNIT ACTIVE CATEGORIES. SHE WAS A LEAD MEMBER OF THE WOMEN’S DESIGN TEAM AS NAUTICA LAUNCHED A FULL PRICE RETAIL LINE WHICH WAS SOLD IN THE STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY.
FOLLOWING NAUTICA, JENNIFER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT DKNY WHERE SHE HEADED UP THE CUT AND SEW KNITS DIVISION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE VP OF DESIGN.
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