Amy Bond was born in Pocatello, Idaho, and grew up in Texas, Illinois, & Pennsylvania. She graduated from Stephens College with a B.F.A. in Fashion Design and worked as an assistant designer at St. Pucchi in Los Angeles, before starting her own clothing line in 1999. She completed her M.F.A. in Fashion Design through the Academy of Art University’s Online Fashion Program. Amy was inspired by complex shapes and construction – but strove to make the complexities appear clean and minimal. She used fabrics that would bring light and movement to the collection, including silk georgette, silk charmeuse, and Schoeller-Aeroshell.

The School of Fashion is introducing a new online class for Spring 2012:

FSH 499 OL Special Topics:

Introduction to Surface Embroidery

 This foundation course builds on the historical perspective of the art of embroidery while teaching the basic tools and techniques used in contemporary fashion. Students are introduced to traditional hand embroidery stitches using cotton, rayon, chenille, and wool threads and applying them to a variety of fashion fabrics.

This class is authored and thought by Robert Haven.

It takes a village (to create a “smock” look):

Simon Ungless chose the smock.

Serita Sangimino styled the smock.

Zoe Cobb adjusted the smock pockets.

GPP wore the smock.

The occasion? To film demos, on September 22 and 23, for Grace O’Connor‘s MFA FSH 640 OL drawing class.