Oksana C.

Hi, I am Oksana (well known as Ksenia Craven in fashion industry), an enthusiastic fashion designer and fashion/textile illustrator. I Graduated with an M.A in Fashion Design. I have been in fashion and design more over 18 years. My non-freelance work experience stems across a broad variety of work from Haute Couture to Apparel companies and around the world as I have lived and worked across Europe and England to name a few, and I also have great experience with Arabic countries (UAE, Dubai) where I lived the last 5 years. Some of the companies I have worked with in the past include but are not limited to: Roche Bobois, Zara Home, Harper's Bazaar magazine, Concierge magazine, Andre Tan Couture, Madiyah Al Sharqi's Haute Couture, Michael Cinco Haute Couture, Kristina Fidelskaya Haute Couture and a lot of small individual businesses . Furthermore, I was part of a design team which created and developed the design for the interior textile of BVLGari and Armani hotels in Dubai. Currently, I have moved to USA and am available for work here as freelancer, and full time as well. My overall experience includes working with both large and small businesses, and also I love working with individuals who are looking for a skilled fashion and pattern designer/ illustrator to help them realize their unique vision and dreams, and I am always open for new challenges, and working with new designers who are just starting out and or breaking into the fashion industry to help them reach their goals and be successful throughout their entire journey. I am also interested in various kinds of volunteer events. Experts and professional background in: -Fashion design -Fashion and commercial illustration -Advertising illustrations for Hotels, Magazines, Stores, Beauty brands, Clothes brands etc. -Watercolor illustrations -Pencil and ink illustrations -Textile design -Pattern design for textile, wallpaper and any other surface where you can print it on. -Logo, business cards, flyers, brochures and any king of design I do work with watercolor and with digital format of illustration as well as I can provide you with digital files for illustration, pattern, or ship ("hard"), patterns if desired. I will convert the illustration or pattern to a format that is usable by your factory/manufacturer.