Amanda Bynes Is Finally Putting Her Fashion Degree To Use & Her Designs Are Really Interesting

Amanda Bynes recently shared a career update with her followers. The former Nickelodeon star has largely stayed out of the spotlight over the past several years, but through her new project, she’s putting her fashion degree to use. On October 2, she shared an update with her Instagram followers, writing, “My associate’s of art degree majoring in product development at FIDM paid off.” Amanda, now 38, graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in 2019.

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Amanda Bynes is collaborating with a fashion designer.

The former actress has been working on designing her own clothes. On her Instagram Stories, Amanda shared images of several articles of clothing that feature her original artwork. She’s collaborating with fashion designer Austin Babbitt, also known as A–pizza. Those who are interested in shopping the Amanda Bynes x A–pizza collab have the choice between a T-shirt and a pair of shorts. The T-shirt is available in both black and white and is priced at $60. The shorts come in black and grey, white, and black and blue and are selling for $100.

Austin announced the collaboration with Amanda Bynes on Instagram.

The fashion designer who is collaborating with Amanda shared the designs on Instagram on October 2, captioning the post with, “AMANDA BYNES X A–PIZZA SHIRTS AND SHORTS NOW LIVE.” The clothing items are featured prominently on the A–pizza website.

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Amanda said there's more to come.

Amanda told People that she has more in the works in addition to her surprise fashion collab. She and Austin are “working on doing a pop-up art show in December,” she told the magazine. The pop-up “will have art and clothing,” she said.

Though Amanda tends to stay out of the spotlight now, she previously told her Instagram followers that she hoped to launch a fashion line one day. “I’m really looking forward to starting my clothing line, and I’m hoping that in the near future it will be out online,” she said on her Instagram Stories in 2020, per People.

The former actress has experimented with other projects.

Before collaborating with Austin, Amanda decided to launch a podcast alongside Paul Sieminski. However, she quickly decided it wasn’t the right time. After one episode in which Amanda and Paul interviewed Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Dahlia Moth, Amanda told her TikTok followers that she decided to take a break from podcasting.

“The podcast is doing really well and the response has been great,” she said at the time, but “we are not able to get the type of guests that I’d like on the show, say like Jack Harlow, or Drake, or Post Malone, so maybe one day if we’re able to get those types of guests we will resume the podcast.”

 

She previously expressed interest in getting her manicurist license.

Per The Daily Mail, Amanda had another reason for moving on from her podcast: She would rather get her manicurist license. The She’s the Man actress hasn’t shared an update related to this ambition, but she did share a video of her long nail extensions in August, calling them “princess nails.”

Although some people who saw the video were critical of Amanda’s nails and appearance, others praised her. “No Amanda slander will be ever tolerated … YOU LOOK DOPE .. I love those nails boo! Go Mandyyyyy❤️” one person commented on the post.