User:Joeyquism/sandbox6

Emily Adams Bode Aujla (/ˈboʊdiːˈɑːʒlɑː/ BOH-dee AHZH-lah; née Bode; born June 13, 1989) is an American fashion designer and the founder of the Bode label. She was the recipient of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Emerging Designer of the Year in 2019, and was named the Menswear Designer of the Year by the CFDA in 2021 and 2022.

Bode Aujla was born in Atlanta, and spent her childhood living between Georgia and Massachusetts. She attended the Parsons School of Design and Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School in New York City, where she earned degrees in menswear design and philosophy. After working at several fashion houses and boutiques in Manhattan, she launched her eponymous Bode brand in 2016, which specializes in creating unique, handcrafted clothing from antique fabrics and traditional textiles. The label initially focused solely on men's fashion before expanding to womenswear in 2023.

Emily Adams Bode was born on June 13, 1989, in Atlanta.^[1] Her name was inspired by the 1968 song "Emmie" by Laura Nyro.^[2] A descendant of Pilgrims who arrived in America aboard the Mayflower , her parents are both from Massachusetts; her father is a doctor specializing in diabetes, and her mother is a painter and homemaker.^[3] She was raised between Buckhead, a suburb of Atlanta, and Truro, Massachusetts, where she spent her summers vacationing on Cape Cod.^[4]

From a young age, Bode Aujla displayed an interest in fashion, sketching dresses, creating collages of her favorite styles and models, and participating in weekend handicraft and quilting classes as well as summer fashion programs at Amherst College.^[5] She frequently accompanied her mother and aunts to antique stores and seasonal markets in the Southern United States and New England, experiences that she credits with fostering her interest in antiquing and collecting.^[6] Initially, Bode Aujla aimed to become a stylist and did not recognize the possibility of a career in design until her senior year of high school.^[5] Following her graduation, she spent a year studying at the American School in Switzerland before enrolling in the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York City, where she majored in philosophy and menswear design.^[7]

In college, Bode Aujla held internships at Marc Jacobs, where she designed ancillary merchandise such as keychains and swimsuits, and at Ralph Lauren, where she focused on vintage-inspired clothing featuring leather, appliqué, beadwork, and fringe.^[8] She also worked as a sales associate at the Isabel Marant store in SoHo and small boutiques in Lower Manhattan, and as a freelancer.^[9]

Bode Aujla had been recruited by several American fashion brands before graduating, but... Prior to launching her own brand, she had been working as a buyer at a boutique.

Bode Aujla is married to interior designer Aaron Aujla, the co-founder of the design firm Green River Project.

• Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls