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BORN AN RAISED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AMY SPENT HER EARLY YEARS IN NEWPORT BEACH WHERE SHE BEGAN TO EXPRESS HERSELF THROUGH CREATIVE OUTLETS SUCH AS DRAWING AND PAINTING. HER LOVE OF ART AND DESIGN ONLY GREW STRONGER THROUGH HER STUDIES AND IN 2004 AMY WAS ADMITTED TO PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND BEGAN STUDYING FASHION DESIGN. THROUGHOUT HER YEARS IN SCHOOL SHE TOOK ON INTERNSHIPS AT PALLIE JONES HANDBAGS AND THE ROW, AS WELL AS A SUMMER SOURSE AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS. SHE FINISHED OFF HER INTENSIVE FOUR YEAR EDUCATION WITH HER THESIS COLLECTION WHICH WAS FEATURED IN THE PARSONS 2012 BENEFIT RUNWAY SHOW, THE ESNE MADRID INTERNATIONAL RUNWAY SHOW, AND IN ITALIAN VOGUE'S 2012 SEPTEMBER ISSUE. AFTER SPENDING THREE YEARS WORKING FOR CALVIN KLEIN IN NEW YORK, AMY HEADED WEST TO SAN FRANCISCO WORKING FOR LEVI'S, WHERE SHE DESIGNED UNDER THEIR COLLECTIONS AND COLLABORATIONS TEAM, WHILE EVENTUALLY MOVING ON TO DESIGNING FOR THEIR WOMEN’S RED TAB BOTTOMS BUSINESS. AFTER FOUR YEARS AT LEVI’S AMY IS CURRENTLY LIVING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESIGNING FOR BRIXTON.