Izzy Wu

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Education

Parsons School of Design
The New School
2023

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Apparel Design - Systems and Societies
Graduated with Honors

Employment

Apparel Designer
Lululemon
Vancouver, Canada
Dec. 2024 - present

Used market research and creative exploration to shape seasonal direction for Women’s Run, identifying emerging trends in silhouette, construction, and performance needs. Translated these insights into seasonal product concepts and designs that responded to merchant briefs and the evolving running market. Partnered closely with Technical Design to engineer garment construction, create detailed tech packs, and refine products through fittings to ensure each design delivered on fit, function, and aesthetic. Played a key role in designing and launching the first Women’s Run collection featuring Polartec fabrications for Winter 2026, balancing technical solutions for extreme cold with a refined and feminine design point of view.

Assistant Color Designer
Lululemon
Vancouver, Canada
Jan. - Dec. 2024

Built cohesive color palettes for women's Run department based on seasonal creative direction. Researched and presented color, trend, and concept direction for upcoming products based on activity growth and market shifts. Designed and edited color across seasonal Women’s Run and Train assortments while overseeing color development within product franchises. Collaborated with Design and Merchandising to align color direction with product needs and attended fittings to oversee color migration and evaluate color throughout proto development.

Assistant Designer
Reebok
New York, NY
May 2023 - Jan. 2024

Conducted market research to identify seasonal trends in silhouette and color direction. Translated these insights into men’s activewear designs that aligned with the brand and seasonal vision. Managed designs from concept through production while working closely with marketing team, vendors, and buyers. Oversaw pre-production timelines and quality control to ensure products met company standards and deadlines. Created detailed tech packs for vendor handoff and participated in fittings throughout development to refine fit, function, and design.

Design Assistant (freelance)
Prounis
New York, NY
June 2021- July 2022

Began as a full-time Assistant at the company’s in-house production studio in the Diamond District designing technical jewelry flats in Adobe Illustrator for the Fall 2021 Chapter V collection. Translated concepts into detailed designs with custom color and style options for private clients while developing variations for different settings, stones, and metals used in production. Supported the design and specification of packaging across jewelry pouches, ring boxes, and display cases. Illustrated and created tech packs for the Chapter V collection for an exclusive Dover Street Market drop at their New York flagship. Continued to freelance with the company for a year, supporting custome design, color variations, and special events.

Studio Intern
Fragmentario
Brooklyn, NY
July 2020- June 2021

Conducted material research and developed avocado seed bricks for an award-winning pavilion at the London Design Biennial, which received the Resonance Theme Medal. Built a waste-to-supply system by sourcing discarded avocado seeds from local grocers and restaurants and transforming them into a functional building material and natural dye resource. Developed natural dye recipes and textile prototypes for large-scale installations featured in the Rosa Terraqueo and La Rentrada exhibitions, exploring sustainable material processes and alternative approaches to fabrication through metal dying and starch prototyping.

Press

‘Parsons & Special Olympics Collaboration’, True to Form,
by Jemima Riviere and Donte Day
2022

‘Fashion Design Students Collaborate with Special Olympic Athletes for Inclusive and Innovative Uniforms’
The New School Press
2022

Contributing
Writer

‘Untitled’, The Decameron
Comp. Macushla Robinson
2020

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