Ethan ‘EEBEE’ Donaldson
Independent Fashion Designer and Creative Educator​
Garment Production
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WKWR Mfg. + 1620 Workwear - East Boston, January 2026- June 2026
Assistant Production Manager, Trims department manager
Handled bills of material to provide appropriate quantities of trims for large batch garment production. Tracked and organized procurement of trim related materials, as well as sample garments and other process tangibles. Consulted other production managers on techpacks and other specifications as well as processes for manufacturing a range of complex projects for multiple clients simultaneously. Daily tasks included communicating with clients, measuring, operating machinery, supplying materials, pattern and techpack review, quality assessment, spatial upkeep, and other production related tasks.
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Freelance
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Utilizes a broad range of fashion and design skills from creative product development and iteration to technical development including patternmaking, sample garment construction across knits and wovens, material and trend research, flat drawing, taking spec, and techpack creation using Adobe software. Notable clients include: Everybody Swimwear Company, Lalla.Bee by Melina Cortes
Lalla.Bee by Melina Nmili Cortes - Luxury sample making and pattern dev. - March 2026- May 2026
Patternmaking, luxury sample garment construction. Created for the ‘Bahia de Las Aguilas’ collection.
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Private client - Apparel design - June 2024- March 2025
Design development, iterative sketching, technical flat drawing, patternmaking, knit-woven garment construction. Created for a quiet-luxury brand inspired by soccer.
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Private client - Costume design and production - September 2024 - April 2025
Iterative sketching, pattern and sample making of woven garments, material sourcing. Biblically inspired costumes for children's theater.
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Everybody Swimwear Company - Technical product developer - Boston, May 2023- August 2023
Tech pack creation and swimwear sample construction. Designs marketed for LGBTQ customers.​​
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Schools/Teaching experience
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NuVu High School - Summer Teacher/Design Coach Cambridge, July-August ‘20,’21,’22,’26
Developed and taught curriculum covering fundamental and specialized fashion, art, and design skills to middle and high school students while facilitating creative growth, ambition, and community culture. Collaborated with other program staff to organize group wide activities for 60 students.
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MassArt Youth Programs - Summer studios teacher - Boston, July-August 2025
Planned and taught entry level fashion design curriculum for elementary and middle school students with emphasis on sustainability practices and college/creative career preparation.
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MassArt Fashion Department - Assistant Studio manager - Boston, May 2024-June 2025
Tasks included organization of materials, equipment/machine upkeep, maintenance and presentation of the department's garment archive, general servicing of facilities, and mentorship of students.
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Education
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design - BFA, Fashion Design - Boston, August 2020-May 2024
Departmental Honors, Spring 2022, Spring 2024
Fashion department all-school show curator 2022, 2023, 2024
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NuVu High School Cambridge 2018-2020
Project based learning focused on developing design fundamentals and technical skills.
Professional skills
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Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop. Logo and graphic design, moodboard design, trend research, Technical flat drawing and spec, Techpack design
Flat patternmaking, French draping, Luxury garment construction, Tailoring, Bridal
Textile design. Silkscreen, block printing, DTG printing, machine embroidery
Iterative hand sketching. Croquis, orthographic, diagramming
Jewelry design, Silver casting
Classroom management, Curriculum development
Sales, Customer service
Fashion Retail
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Bonobos Guideshop - Retail guide, stylist - Prudential mall, Boston, July 2024-January 2025
Engaged customers and addressed needs through fitting and measuring for MTM tailored garments and menswear wardrobe styling while conducting simultaneous sale transactions between multiple clients. Consistently ranked within top 25 performing associates within the company.
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Coach Leather Goods - Sales associate - Copley Place, Boston, June 2023- October 2023
Assisted customers in finding the correct item for their needs, organized a stockroom and handled shipment of goods, contributed visual merchandising concepts for sales floor
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Personal brand - Designer/creative director - Boston, MA 2018- Current
My namesake slow fashion brand, inspired by sustainability, community, and creative education utilizing rejected and deadstock materials. Three collections have been created and presented professionally since Summer 2022, resulting in over $15K in revenue across product categories such as ready to wear, apparel, accessories, and runway couture looks.
Runways, features/events, major projects:
December Thieves: ‘SUB/LIMINAL SPACE’ collection - solo pop-up showroom - Boston, 10/23/2025
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Daytime/evening pop-up debuting newest eight look RTW collection for try-on and sale.
JOURny Magazine Vol.4 feature - ‘Guilded Renaissance’ Boston, January 2024
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Jewelry designs featured in editorial shoot, styled by Anica Buckson.
December Thieves: The Launch, cocktail party - A mixed designer showroom Boston, 10/23/2024
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Assorted original garments, accessories, and jewelry designs displayed for try-on and sale.
Cambridge Science Festival & Boston Fashion Week: ELECTRIC SKIN Cambridge, 9/28/2024
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5 fashion ensembles installed on mannequins for CSFxBFW after party at The Foundry.
MassArt Night Market - Vendor table selling brand merchandise at The Station. Boston, 6/19+9/6 /2024
Final Fridays - Group runway show hosted by the Lynn Museum. Lynn, MA - June /2024
‘SANGUINE BONDS’ collection - Undergrad thesis runway show. MassArt - May 15 2024
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Five look collection created for BFA Thesis between October 2023 and May 2024, styled with makeup, hair, and accessories.
JOURny Magazine release party - capsule collection feature at COSMICA. Boston, 5/162024
‘ALEWIFE’ collection + gallery - Patricia Doran Graduate Gallery MassArt. Boston, 10/16-29/2023
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Designed a five look ready to wear collection & directed a crew of 10 individual models and photographers for fashion photo/video shoot in Alewife Station.
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Installed a multi media fashion art gallery involving mannequins, audio/visual projections, and hung 2D art & photographs.
Interview for Get Up Magazine - by Sean Fontno, based in Chicago, IL. September 2023
Boston Fashion Week: Open Runway - ‘ALEWIFE’ preview at Downtown Crossing. Boston, June 2023
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