CATHERINE
HEADRICK
NEW BALANCE
MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT
I worked as a Domestic Materials Development Intern on the Made in the USA Product Development team at New Balance from December 2017 - November 2018. Made in USA footwear contains a domestic value of 70% or more based on labor and materials.
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Photo from HYPEBEAST
Photo from HYPEBEAST
Photo from HYPEBEAST
Elevated Basics 997 Made in USA: I created a board of material options for footwear designers as inspiration following marketing briefs. In this shoe, the denim and leathers selected came from my board.
FOOTWEAR DESIGNER: Sean Scudder
PRODUCT MANAGER: John Timulty
PRODUCT DEVELOPERS: Kyle Plummer and Mike Pardovany
MATERIAL DEVELOPER: Catherine Headrick
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Links: Hypebeast.
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Material developments for this shoe: undyed pigskin nubuck, undyed textiles, and undyed vegetable tanned leather
Material developments for this shoe: undyed pigskin nubuck, undyed textiles, and undyed vegetable tanned leather
Material developments for this shoe: undyed pigskin nubuck, undyed textiles, and undyed vegetable tanned leather
Un-dyed 997 Made in USA: The story of this shoe was one of less processing. I developed un-dyed pigskin nubuck leather, un-dyed cotton textile, and an un-dyed vegetable tanned leather.
FOOTWEAR DESIGNER: Sean Scudder
PRODUCT MANAGER: John Timulty
PRODUCT DEVELOPERS: Kyle Plummer and Mike Pardovany
MATERIAL DEVELOPER: Catherine Headrick
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Links: Hypebeast.
Image from Highsnobiety
Image from KITH
Image from KITH
Image from KITH
Image from Notre
Image my own
SuperFabric Pack Made in USA [997 and 998]: SuperFabric makes a specialty resin-coated textile that is durable and abrasion resistant, yet flexible and lightweight. I helped to set them up as a new supplier for New Balance, and I developed three custom textiles using their resin patterns.
FOOTWEAR DESIGNER: Sean Scudder
PRODUCT MANAGER: John Timulty
PRODUCT DEVELOPERS: Kyle Plummer and Mike Pardovany
MATERIAL DEVELOPER: Catherine Headrick
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Links: Hypebeast.
Image from J. Crew. I developed this style.
Image from The Source Magazine. I developed this style.
Image from J. Crew. I developed this style.
Midnight Pack Made in USA: New Balance x J. Crew 1400s: I was the product developer for the 1400, a bring-back style. I wrote product specs and managed the development of these models from tech pack handoff, Proto 1, Proto 2, and SMS samples.
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FOOTWEAR DESIGNER: Kai Marcucelli
PRODUCT MANAGER: John Timulty
PRODUCT DEVELOPER: Catherine Headrick
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Links: HighSnobiety, Sneaker News, Esquire.