BIOGRAPHY
HISTORY
Angeles Tomagan II is a designer and maker in the San Francisco Bay Area, focusing on textiles, fashion, and craft utilizing saved and salvaged sample materials from previous jobs.
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Born: October 1974
San Francisco, California
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1992-1994: FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising)
AA Fashion Design
San Francisco, California
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1992-1993: HOUSE OF FABRICS
Associate
Vallejo, California
1993-1997: STONEMOUNTAIN & DAUGHTER FABRICS
Associate
Berkeley, California
1993-1995: SIR REAL/Jeff Simpson
Assistant Designer
San Francisco, California
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1997-2007: DOCKERS / LEVI STRAUSS & CO
Assistant Designer-Designer
San Francisco, California
2008-2018: DENNIS BASSO / QVC
Designer-Director
New York, New York
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2016-2019: BROOKLYN SHOE SPACE
Leather Shoe and Bag Making
Brooklyn, New York
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2018: ACADEMIA RIACHI
Leather Bag Making
Florence, Italy
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2019-2020: Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Diptyque, Birdies
Operations Associate
San Francisco, California
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2020-2022: SAINT LAURENT
Operations Manager
San Francisco, California
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2024-PRESENT: KNEEDLER FAUCHERE
Sample Librarian
San Francisco, Califonia
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MISSION STATEMENT
To make items that reflect my personal history, as well as current events and my reaction to them, using my collection of materials and objects collected and saved since the mid 1980's, including books and magazines focusing on art, fashion, and comic books, as well as textiles and garments.