Leila Jean-Julien
Technical Designer • Product Developer • Creative Alchemist
Helping apparel brands transform vision into production-ready reality.
With 8 years of experience across swimwear, intimates and lifestyle apparel—from New York to Paris studios—I combine deep technical expertise with intuitive creativity to deliver garments that stand out and perform beautifully.
Story & Unique Value
From student at ESMOD Paris to technical designer at major brands and founder of my own label, I’ve walked every step of the apparel journey. I understand the magic of design, the precision of specifications, and the rhythm of production. This dual lens means I don’t just make pretty garments, I build systems around them.
My swimwear specialty taught me to love fit, form, and function and to embrace complexity. I now bring that precision to any category while still honoring aesthetic integrity.
I ask: What’s the user’s feeling when they wear it? How will it move? How will it live in the supply chain? I embed that thinking into every tech pack and every boardroom conversation.
What You’ll Get When Working With Me
Technical mastery: Expert in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Browzwear V-Stitcher, and PLM systems (Centric, Yunique, BlueCherry) ensuring seamless hand-offs, clear specs and production-ready deliverables.
End-to-end development insight: From concept, print/artwork generation, tech-packs, vendor communication, sample iteration, through to pre-production & readiness.
Vendor & remote fluency: I’ve coordinated with offshore factories, managed time-zones, kept digital workflows clean and controlled, all while supporting remote teams and delivering on time.
A holistic mindset: Because I’ve been a brand owner myself, I understand costing, sourcing, quality, logistics, and the bigger picture. So I speak design and production fluently.
My Mission
I believe clothing is more than fabric and thread, it’s confidence, identity, movement, and ritual. My mission is to help brands and creative teams translate vision into wearable, reliable, beautiful product that honors both design and process.
Let's make what you imagine wearable and what you wear meaningful.
When I’m Not Working
You’ll find me by the water. I love diving deep into human design, astrology and aesthetics, and bring that intuitive energy into how I approach creative systems and product development. I love finding things to organize and put in order and If you know about Astrology, you know that’s very Virgo of me.
