Melissa Munsell

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Melissa Munsell

• 989-285-0512
• munse1ms_at_cmich.edu

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Table of Contents

• Philosophy Statements Career Goals
• Resume
• Skill Set
• Fashion Buying
• Apparel Design Analysis
• Fashion Merchandising
• Internship
• Textile Analysis
• Computer Aided Design
• Visual Merchandising
• Apparel In The Global Economy
• Letters of Recommendation Awards
• References

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Philosophy Statement

• I Believe
• In order to be a successful buyer, it is
  necessary to have an open mind about fashion.
• Working with open communication is the ability to
  work together towards a common goal.
• It is important to be passionate in what you do,
  or there is no real reason to do it.
• Some people dream of successwhile others wake up
  and work hard at it.

Career Goals

• To obtain an assistant buyer position with a
  growing company.
• To use my abilities to buy new, innovating, and
  long-lasting styles.
• To further my knowledge of fashion through
  experience and education.
• Successfully complete the tasks and challenges
  that are presented to me.

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Melissa Munsell munse1ms_at_cmich.edu 989-285-
0512

• Objective
• To obtain an assistant buyer position at a
  fashion-forward company.
• Education
• Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant,
  Michigan
• Bachelor of Applied Arts, December 2008
• Major Apparel Merchandising an Design,
  concentration merchandising
• Minor Business Administration
• Computer Skills
• Software Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe
  Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop programs, Kaledo
  Style, Print and Weave Programs
• Work Experience
• The Buckle, Midland, Michigan
• Management Internship, May 2008-August 2008
• Learned about creating schedules
• Worked on window and in-store displays
• Recruited new employees
• Markdowns, shipments, sales and customer service
• Payless Shoe Source, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
• Sales Associate, December 2005-August 2007

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Skill Set

• Merchandising Skills
• Understand the elements and principles of design
  to create visual displays
• Ability to create and execute in-store displays
  that reflects store image
• Knowledge of the fashion cycle to recognize
  trends and fashion forecasts
• Internship Skills
• Provide great customer service on and off the
  sales floor
• Merchandised clothing on sales floor using
  fixtures and tables
• Register and team leadership skills
• Learned about inventory, markdowns, shipment and
  training process
• Computer Skills
• Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Kaledo Print, Weave and Style
• Personal Management Skills
• Timely
• Dedicated

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Fashion Merchandising CourseworkFashion Buying
This is an example of a six month buying plan I
created using retail math formulas and
spreadsheet concepts.
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Here is an example of a memo I created for my
six-month buying plan. I created a scenario as a
buying for Maurices for juniors shorts. In the
memo I use figures from the six-month buying plan
to help understand why our sales and merchandise
quantities will be a certain way for the current
season.
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Retail Math

• Quantitative analysis of the fundamentals and
  functions of retail buying.
• Formulas prove the practices, procedures, and
  merchandising calculations used in the fashion
  buying course.

• Profit
• Gross Margin Operating Expenses
• Profit
• Net Sales
• Initial Mark Up
• Gross Margin Reduction
• Sales Reductions
• Gross Margin Alterations Cash Discounts
  Reductions
• Sales Reductions
• Maintained Mark Up
• Net Sales Gross COGS
• (Initial Mark Up Reductions) x (100
  Initial Mark Up)

• Gross Margin
• Net sales - COGS
• Operating Expenses Profit
• Gross Margin x Net Sales
• Net Sales
• COGS Gross Margin
• COGS
• COGS
• Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
• Net Sales Gross Margin
• COGS x Net Sales
• Operating Expenses
• Gross Margin Profit
• Operating Expenses x Net Sales

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Fashion Merchandising CourseworkApparel Design
Analysis

• Apparel design analysis taught me an
  understanding of the elements and principles of
  design.
• Developed an ample knowledge of fashion history.
• Learned to see fashion as both a product and as a
  process.
• Having an understanding of apparel terminology is
  extremely important in the fashion industry.

Here is an example of different types of dress
silhouettes.
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Here is an example of different prints found in
the apparel industry.
This is an example of the different style of
sleeves and neck lines.
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Fashion Merchandising CourseworkFashion
Merchandising
In this course I learned the merchandising
functions of fashion including the fashion cycle
and trend forecasting. These are two examples of
trend boards I created for Fall 2008 forecasting
color.
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Fashion Merchandising CourseworkInternship

• The Buckle management internship Summer 2008.
• Learned how to create a weekly schedule, process
  shipments, markdowns, recruiting, customer
  service, interviewing and denim knowledge.
• Worked on window displays as well as displaying
  new merchandise throughout the store.

This shows the different learning objectives
required for The Buckle internship and dates that
they were completed.
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This is a performance evaluation done by my
manager, Nick Zimmerman. This shows my
performance in comparison to other employees on
topics such as attitude, dependability and
quality of work.
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Fashion Merchandising CourseworkAdvanced
Textiles
These are two technical data sheets for a lining
fabric and a fashion fabric to have an end-use as
a womans skirt. Using standardized testing, I
compared my fabrics rating to AATCC standards to
see if the fabrics passed or failed and if they
would be appropriate to be used to create a
womans skirt.
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Fashion Merchandising CourseworkAdvanced
Computer Aided Design
This is an example of a girls toddler line that
I created using Kaledo. I created a short-sleeve
tee with a tank layered overtop, a ¾ length
sleeve shirt, a pair of jean capris and a pair of
shorts. My theme was Rockin the Playground
because I created playwear clothing. I
incorporated the rock star theme by adding stars
to my prints. I also used my color palette to
give it an edgy feel by using black to offset the
bright colors.
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Here is a pattern that I cleaned, reduced,
corrected for bad repeats and re-colored using
Kaledo Print.
This is an example of a weave that I created
using Kaledo Weave.
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Fashion Merchandising CourseworkVisual
Merchandising
Here are two small window displays that I created
with a group. The first one is emphasizing the
store Payless and their merchandise. The second
one is an informational theme promoting the
website fakesareneverinfashion.com.
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The window display on the left is a large window
displaying outdoor patio furniture from Target.
We used fake grass as the floor covering and a
tan sheet as the backdrop to give it a outdoor
feel. The window on the right is at a store
downtown. We used merchandise throughout the
store to create a display of outdoor picnicking
gifts.
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Fashion Merchandising CourseworkApparel In The
Global Economy

• Group analysis of Zara and its experience with
  global expansion.
• Researched company history, operations, target
  market, and competitors.
• Zaras expansion overview strategy, Dunnings
  Theory, foreign markets
• SWOT analysis and recommendations.

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Here are a few more slides from my Zara group
presentation. I focused on how Dunnings theory
played a role in the global expansion of Zaras
company.
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Letters of Recommendations
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Awards
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References

• Ashleigh Holmes
• RN Gratiot Community Hospital
• 425 South State Street
• Alma, MI. 48801
• 989-763-0476
• Gary Miller
• Payless Shoe Source Store Manager
• 2003 Broomfield Rd.
• Mount Pleasant, MI. 48858
• 989-772-6100
• Amy VanAuken
• Apparel Merchandising and Design
• Department of Human Environmental Studies
• Central Michigan University
• 989-774-5592
• vanau1aj_at_cmich.edu