Dominique Asuncion

Dominique Asuncion has a diverse and extensive work experience in the fashion industry. They started their career at Hartstrings as an Associate Designer, where they designed seasonal collections for the Newborn and Girls 0-16 market. During their time at Hartstrings, they were promoted from assistant to associate designer for their successful handling of sweater product design.

After their role at Hartstrings, Dominique worked at Global Brands Group as a Private Label Compliance Specialist. In this role, they were responsible for ensuring that garments produced for retail brands like Dillard's, Sears, JCP, and Nordstrom met customer and CPSC government standards. They facilitated and tracked garment testing and inspections, ordered samples, and maintained testing records.

Following their role at Global Brands Group, Dominique joined Gildan as a Merchandise Manager. In this position, they managed the development, costing, sourcing, and production of men's hosiery products for brands like Gildan, Gold Toe, and Starter Men. They also created and managed the timing and action calendar for the department.

After their time at Gildan, Dominique worked as a Designer at Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co., where they designed officially licensed NBA, NFL, MLB, and MLS lifestyle apparel for the menswear and womenswear markets. They created seasonal line boards in Illustrator, developed initial prototype specifications, and ensured the accuracy of CADs throughout the development process.

Dominique then joined Renfro Brands as a Designer for Ralph Lauren Hosiery. In this role, they designed hosiery products for Polo Women and Lauren brands in various categories. They worked directly with Ralph Lauren Corporate to create brand-appropriate hosiery programs.

More recently, Dominique worked at Bombas as a Technical Designer for socks. Their responsibilities in this role are not specified, but it can be assumed that they use their technical design skills to create and develop sock products.

Additionally, Dominique has experience as an Instructor at Moore College of Art and Design, where they taught fashion studies and instructed students in learning and utilizing fashion industry skills. They also worked as an Adjunct Faculty at The Art Institutes, teaching various fashion design classes.

Overall, Dominique Asuncion's work experience spans various roles in design, compliance, merchandise management, and education in the fashion industry.

Dominique Asuncion attended Philadelphia University from 2003 to 2007, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Fashion/Apparel Design. In addition to their degree, Dominique has also obtained certifications in Hosiery 101/102 from the Manufacturing Solutions Center and in Textile Fundamentals from Cotton Incorporated. Further details about the timing of their certifications are not provided.