# Adesha Yee

> Designer at Quay Australia

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/adesha

Adesha Yee is a fashion designer who thrives in team environments and has a well-rounded background in design, product development, and fabric R&D/operations. She graduated with her BFA from Parsons in Women’s RTW and is interested in the future of fashion in sustainability, ethics, and aesthetic. Her aesthetic and inspiration comes from growing up in both California and New York.

## Work Experience
### Designer @ Quay Australia
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Associate Designer @ Quay Australia
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

### Associate Designer @ Ralph Lauren
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York
-Works with senior designer with development and presentation of seasonal design concepts. Responsibilities include market research for innovative ideas, competitive product awareness, and pricing and organization and presentation of design boards
-Hand sketches design ideas for review, translates them into Adobe Illustrator, and oversees handoff of sketch sheets and BOMs to Technical Design Team
-Participates in all fittings, maintains fit notes, and communicates fit updates to partner teams
-Prepares showroom for market week and proto review and maintains seasonal archive library
-Partners with merchandising and production teams to advance sketches and prototypes to market samples
-Builds seasonal development packages and communicates with them overseas 
-Trains and manages the assistant designer

### Assistant Designer @ Ralph Lauren
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, New York
-Assisted with development of seasonal design concepts
-Helped hand sketch and CAD technical flats
-Participated in all fittings and design hand-offs
-Maintained organization of incoming fabrics, developments, samples for showroom, and line sheets 
-Helped communicate with cross functional teams to advance sketches and prototypes to market samples

### Fabric Assistant @ Ralph Lauren
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | New York, New York
-Researches mill cards to manage fabric raw material charts in Excel and FlexPLM
-Looks over production fabric daily with colorist to ensure fabric meets quality and color standards
-Trouble shoots issues with the mill while maintaining fabric delivery timing
-Analyzes and tracks fabric test results to see if the goods meet standards before it ships to the factory
-Attends all pre and post market meetings to provide fabric information to help hit margins and deadlines
-Sends out all fabric standards to mills after post market meetings
-Negotiates fabric pricing and calls out below minimum surcharges based on fabric quantity pivot tables
-Creates risk assessments to call out potential fabric issues before production

### Product Development/Studio Assistant @ Morgane Le Fay
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017
-Trim and fabric buyer
-Communicated with factories daily to ensure timely delivery
-Prepared lots for outside contractors
-Responsible for all production reports
-Helps checked TOP’s for approval and maintains quality control
-Communicated with design to smoothly move samples from design to production 
-Managed inside contractors and cutting table
-Approved lab dips and fabric headers and attends fabric meetings with mills
 -Advised what to produce in what fabrics and colors based on sales

### Studio Intern @ Morgane Le Fay
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
-Manages inventory and inventory traffic for distribution
 -Assists with sales and inventory reports
-Organizes and administers online website
-Assists with clients and follow-ups

### Freelance Assistant Designer @ KD New York
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
-Created mood boards and helped with trend research
-Sketched styles for new lines
-Styled and organized a look book photo shoot

### Production Intern @ Zac Posen
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
-Oversaw communication with factories to manage production and ensure timely fabric/trim deliveries
-Managed fabric/trim inventory and sourcing; organized swatch library

### Design Intern @ Urban Zen
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
-Hand-sewed fabric manipulations for Spring/Summer 2015 Collection
-Organized showroom for wholesale and retail meetings
-Managed supplier relationships, sourcing, and inventory

### Fabric / Creative Direction Intern @ The Donna Karan Company, LLC.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
-Created swatch boards and organized swatch library for design team
-Managed fabric sourcing, dye sourcing, and color matching
-Organized mill appointments to source fabric for upcoming collections

### Design Intern @ Carol Hannah
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
-Led customer service, assisted clients, and scheduled appointments
-Co-produced pieces for bridal wear, including hand-sewn beaded belts

### Design Intern @ Little King Jewelry
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
-Led customer service, assisted clients, and scheduled appointments
-Provided ideas for design


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Fashion/Apparel Design
Parsons School of Design - The New School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/adesha-yee-924499a2

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Last updated: 2026-04-08