Bode (fashion brand)

BODE

Company type	Private
Industry	Fashion
Founded	2016
Founder	Emily Adams Bode Aujla
Headquarters	New York City, NY
Website	bodenewyork.com

A Bode outfit on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2021 exhibition, In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.

Bode is an American clothing company that makes clothing from old textiles and newly-made traditional textiles, founded in 2016 by Emily Adams Bode Aujla.^[1][2][3][4]

History

In 2016, the brand was formally launched with a collection of garments composed entirely of antique textiles for the purpose of storytelling and preservation in American menswear.^[5][6][7]

The company opened its first retail store in 2019.^[8][9]

The Bode brand is known for its use of historical techniques in modern fashion, such as using quilting, mending, patchwork, sashiko, boro, and appliqué.^[1][10]

Emily Adams Bode was the first female designer to show at New York Fashion Week: Men's, the dedicated menswear shows at the event.^[11][12]

In 2023, Bode launched its first womenswear line.^[13] The brand has office space in 161 Water Street.^[14]

Awards

2019

• LVMH Prize Finalist
• CFDA Emerging Designer of the Year
• Business of Fashion 500
• Forbes 30 Under 30
• GQ’s Breakthrough Designer of the Year

2020

• Woolmark Prize: Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation

2021

• CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year

2022

• CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year
• Cooper Hewitt National Design Award: Emerging Designer

References

1. "About". BODE New York. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
2. Schneier, Matthew (July 12, 2017). "For Fashion Week, an Archivist Comes Down From the Attic". The New York Times.
3. Berlinger, Max (May 9, 2018). "This Old Thing? Quilts Hit the Catwalk". The New York Times.
4. Campbell, Amy (December 3, 2020). "Bode Is The Brand Making Vintage-Inspired Clothing For Stylish Guys Like You". GQ.
5. "Emily Adams Bode is part of the BoF 500". The Business of Fashion. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
6. "Bode: Men's Clothing Made From Women's History". Garage. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
7. "Bode is scaling through storytelling". Vogue Business. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
8. Trebay, Guy (November 18, 2019). "Bricks-and-Mortar Is Dead. Let's Open a Store". The New York Times.
9. "How Emily Adams Bode Aujla Created a Menswear 'Brand That Has No Gender'". Washington Post. 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
10. Remsen, Nick (2023-01-24). "Bode makes 20th century clothes for 21st century people". CNN. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
11. "CFDA". cfda.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
12. "The Woman Who Saved Menswear: An Emily Adams Bode Story". www.culturedmag.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
13. "Emily Adams Bode Aujla Launches The Long-Awaited Bode Women's Line". Vogue. 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
14. Florsheim, Lane (4 August 2024). "Big Banks Deserted Wall Street. Then the Cool Kids Moved In". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

External links

• Official website