Senior apparel and fabric developer with 15+ years leading apparel development, material innovation, and sourcing across APAC, EU, and North America. Specializes in turning performance textiles into commercially viable women’s underwear and soft layers—from concept through production—while protecting comfort, breathability, and quality. At Boduran, developed a proprietary skin-friendly performance knit platform for next-to-skin and sensitive-skin underwear applications. At Caposhie, designed women’s intimates with a fully vetted, development-ready supply chain and led end-to-end approvals, sampling, costing, and vendor partnership management.

Kris Choi

Senior apparel and fabric developer with 15+ years leading apparel development, material innovation, and sourcing across APAC, EU, and North America. Specializes in turning performance textiles into commercially viable women’s underwear and soft layers—from concept through production—while protecting comfort, breathability, and quality. At Boduran, developed a proprietary skin-friendly performance knit platform for next-to-skin and sensitive-skin underwear applications. At Caposhie, designed women’s intimates with a fully vetted, development-ready supply chain and led end-to-end approvals, sampling, costing, and vendor partnership management.

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Senior apparel and fabric developer with 15+ years leading apparel development, material innovation, and sourcing across APAC, EU, and North America. Specializes in turning performance textiles into commercially viable women’s underwear and soft layers—from concept through production—while protecting comfort, breathability, and quality.

At Boduran, developed a proprietary skin-friendly performance knit platform for next-to-skin and sensitive-skin underwear applications. At Caposhie, designed women’s intimates with a fully vetted, development-ready supply chain and led end-to-end approvals, sampling, costing, and vendor partnership management.

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Language

English
Fluent
Korean
Fluent

Work Experience

Director of Sourcing – Asia Region at Caposhie
July 1, 2025 - Present
Designed and supported women’s intimates development with a fully vetted supply chain. Led vendor and sourcing efforts across APAC, ensuring development-ready availability of mills, factories, trims, and packaging. Worked through sampling and approvals (PP/TOP) while collaborating on bulk problem-solving, costing, and margin targets consistent with product comfort and quality goals.
Founder & Creative Developer at Boduran Textile & Apparel Ltd.
March 1, 2024 - Present
Led end-to-end development of a proprietary skin-friendly performance knit platform for underwear and soft layers. Owned fit development including specs, wear-testing, pattern corrections, and approval cycles. Industrialized fabrics with qualified mills, validating comfort through lab tests and wear trials and securing scalable capacity. Developed prototype underwear and loungewear to communicate the product’s comfort and brand story. Built and managed development calendars from sketch/line planning through tech packs, SMS, and production hand-off. Partnered with mills and factories to align materials, construction, and cost to brand requirements while driving cross-functional approvals.
Senior Apparel Designer at Edwards Garment
September 1, 2019 - March 1, 2024
Performed women’s apparel design and technical development including construction and specifications. Contributed to apparel development initiatives with strong focus on fabric technology, performance features/treatments, and technical design quality.
Head of Apparel Design at Boardroom Eco Apparel
November 1, 2015 - August 1, 2019
Led apparel design functions with a focus on true technical design skills, product development, and translation of design intent into production-ready specifications. Supported cross-functional work across merchandising, design, and technical development.

Education

BA, Film & Video Production at Emily Carr University
January 1, 1996 - January 1, 1999
Fashion Diploma at Ryerson University
January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1995

Qualifications

SkinSavior TM, PuReon TM - Zero Toxic Next-to-Skin Fabrics
March 1, 2024 - July 16, 2026

Industry Experience

Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Wholesale & Distribution