ABOUT SAUNDRA

Saundra Saulnier knew as a little girl that she would be a fashion designer. Taught to sew by her dressmaker grandmother, the French Canadian native designed and sketched all of her clothes, took classes in art and pattern making, and studied the world of retail to gain a comprehensive understanding of the diverse aspects of the fashion business.

After an auspicious beginning to her career as a buyer for a contemporary four-store chain in Montreal, Saundra became a merchandiser for the Canadian division of Esprit de Corps. Next, she launched her first company, PYRAMID in Hong Kong, and this contemporary clothing collection was sold in the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, and Australia and reached sales of $5 million in the first year.

Saundra enjoyed equal success with her sleek SAULNIER/NO LOGO brand, the forerunner to the crossover 'active to street' clothing we live in today. She combined her devotion to exercise and health and her passion for substantial design and fabric development to create a line of stylish yet functional performance and lifestyle clothing. Her expertise in the specialized active market and her revolutionary spirit led to an offer from Danskin to update their image and product.

Recognizing Saundra's unmistakable design talent in everything from dresses to menswear, BEBESPORT offered her the role of Design Director and relocated her from New York to Los Angeles. Her visionary style, extensive global industry experience, and expertise in trends, color, fabric, and creating collections from concept through production, were a matchless fit with this lifestyle brand. She was also the originator of BEBESPORT's active apparel brand BBSP, increasing sales by 64% in the first year.

After years of producing 80-piece collections every six weeks for BEBESPORT and overseeing her design team, Saundra started Ultrakat Productions Inc., a full-service design consulting company with clients worldwide. She also launched her SZ brand, a sleek, sexy, simple, low-maintenance clothing collection for 'women on the go' of all ages featuring custom, comfy, compression, tech stretch fabrics and mesh.

She later fulfilled her lifelong dream to live in Paris and landed a position as Head of Design for the fast-fashion retailer Tally Wielj, with over 800 retail stores and e-commerce. By creating and elevating the career and evening collections, restructuring the design team, and increasing gross profits, her teams enjoyed bonuses for the first time. In addition, she was a mentor for design students in Paris.

Moving back to Los Angeles, Saundra continued consulting, working with both start-up and established brands in both menswear and womenswear, creating and executing innovative bestselling products. With her love for conscious consumption, minimalism, and timeless, seasonless clothing, she created the sustainable, unisex clothing brand NINJA MONK.

Saundra is continually cultivating creative partnerships, projects, and new exciting opportunities and people to collaborate with, so please don't hesitate to contact her on the form below.