Emily Adams Bode Aujla | |
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 Bode Aujla in 2021 | |
| Born | Emily Adams Bode June 13, 1989 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Years active | 2016-present |
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| Spouse |
Aaron Aujla (m. 2022) |
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Emily Adams Bode Aujla (/ˈboʊdiː ˈɑːʒlɑː/ 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.
Born in Atlanta, Bode Aujla 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 label in 2016, which specializes in creating unique, handcrafted clothing from antique fabrics and traditional textiles. Initially, the brand focused solely on men's fashion before expanding to womenswear in 2023.
Early life and education
editEmily 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, sewing, 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]
Career
editEarly work
editIn 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.
Personal life
editBode Aujla is married to interior designer Aaron Aujla, the co-founder of the design firm Green River Project.
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Bode Aujla 2023; Anon.(a) n.d.
- ^ Petrarca 2023.
- ^ Trebay 2019a; Colyar 2023; Kochhar 2017; Hine & Troost 2023.
- ^ Kochhar 2017; Bode Aujla 2020, Wray 2019.
- ^ a b Flammia 2020; Kochhar 2017; Bode Aujla 2020.
- ^ Bode Aujla 2020; Hine & Troost 2023; Schneier 2017.
- ^ Meltzer 2022; Kochhar 2017.
- ^ Meltzer 2022; Bode Aujla 2019.
- ^ Trebay 2019b; Anon. 2019; Bode Aujla n.d.
Sources
edit- Anon.(a) (n.d.). "Emily Adams Bode CFDA Profile". Council of Fashion Designers of America. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- Anon.(b) (n.d.). "Emily Adams Bode". Forbes. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- Anon. (November 21, 2019). "RSVP: BODE Opens Flagship Location". V Magazine. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- Berlinger, Max (February 12, 2022). "Slow Fashion Meets Melrose Place". The New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- Birrell, Alice (April 16, 2020). "Menswear Designer Emily Adams Bode on Unearthing New Stories From Old Fabrics". Vogue Australia. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- Bode Aujla, Emily (n.d.). "How the Familiar Just Got Fresh: Getting to Know Emily Bode, the Coolest Woman in Menswear". Moda Operandi. Interviewed by Josh Peskowitz. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
- Bode Aujla, Emily (May 28, 2019). "Emily Adams Bode". This Generation (Interview). Interviewed by Elisee Browchuk. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
- Bode Aujla, Emily (March 6, 2020). "How'd She Do That? - Emily Adams Bode". In Culture (Interview). Interviewed by Taylor Trudon. Microsoft. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- Bode Aujla, Emily [@bodepersonal] (June 12, 2023). "06/12/19 Anniversary of our engagement ❣️ the eve of my birthday… I'm wearing my mom's bandana because Aaron used it to surprise me - blindfolded - on my old apartment roof". Retrieved November 27, 2024 – via Instagram.
- Colyar, Brock (July 5, 2023). "Welcome to Bodeworld". The Cut. New York. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- Farrell, Aimee (May 23, 2022). "Bodes Well – The New York Couple Marrying Menswear and Design". Financial Times. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- Flammia, Christine (January 14, 2020). "Emily Adams Bode Is Making Old Things New—and Unbelievably Cool". Esquire. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- Haramis, Nick; Courteau, Rose; Montgomery, Jameson; Petrarca, Emilia; Testa, Jessica; Woo, Kin (September 5, 2024). "The 25 Men's Fashion Collections That Changed the Way We Dress". The New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- Hine, Samuel; Troost, Amy (June 6, 2023). "The Making of Emily Bode, America's Next Great Fashion Designer". GQ. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- Kochhar, Nazuk (February 24, 2017). "Bode's Golden Hour". The Fader. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- Meltzer, Marisa (November 16, 2022). "How Emily Adams Bode Aujla Created a Menswear 'Brand That Has No Gender'". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- Mitchell, Tyler (September 13, 2023). "2023 TIME100 Next: Emily Adams Bode Aujla". Time. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- Moss, Hilary (July 7, 2016). "Brand to Know: A Men's Wear Line Made From Vintage Quilts". The New York Times. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
- Petrarca, Emilia (April 5, 2023). "It's Time to Address the Emily in the Room". The New York Times. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- Schneier, Matthew (July 12, 2017). "For Fashion Week, an Archivist Comes Down From the Attic". The New York Times. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- Sullivan, Robert (January 17, 2023). "Emily Adams Bode Aujla Launches The Long-Awaited Bode Women's Line". Vogue. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- Trebay, Guy (February 8, 2019). "Coming to America". The New York Times. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- Trebay, Guy (November 18, 2019). "Bricks-and-Mortar Is Dead. Let's Open a Store". The New York Times. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- Wray, Adam (May 10, 2019). "Bode Is Scaling Through Storytelling". Vogue Business. Retrieved November 28, 2024.