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Luis Fraga

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From an urban athlete to specializing in technical design, Luis Fraga is a passionate skateboarder whose focus is to develop technical-performance apparel by merging streetwear and modular designs. His ethos of stitching innovation and building performance through design, drives curiosity and resilience in challenging situations, resolving with creative solutions and encouraging continuous growth. Skilled in patternmaking, production-spec packages, garment production, targeted-market analysis, textile sourcing, prototype testing/fitting sessions, Adobe Suite, and CLO|3D. The same abilities that built upon his entrepreneurial eye in introducing novelty garment constructions to the skateboarding industry — skateboarding technical gear. Fraga's values are in community and team building, often practicing soft skills to nourish a work environment where empathy, leadership, and adaptability are recognized to encourage professional development. He looks forward to forming part of a team-focused position, advancing research and innovation through design, and bringing urban athletes the next cutting-edge performance gear.  

A group of four illustrations of flat sketches, with a concrete background, each garment was left blank to illustrate all technical components and details of the pieces.

An illustration lineup of flat sketches for the spring/summer 2025 collection "Concrete Grounds" rendered in Adobe Illustrator, left blank, to capture each technical detail of the garments. 

A group of four skateboarders, standing with a white backdrop, each wearing tailored Skateboarding Technical Gear. A dark indigo and gray monotone color palette resembles the “urban streets” and red accents to encase the passion and resiliency of a skateboarder. Denim is used as the outer protective layer and polyester as the sweat-wicking base layer, each bringing protection, ventilation, and comfort to the skateboarder.Concrete Grounds explores skateboarding technical gear by merging streetwear, motorcycling and active gear. Each look features design elements that bring protection, ventilation and comfort to the skateboarder. 

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