[3] During this time she found work at the Rudolf Steiner School in The Hague, and also designed and made clothing as part of a women's fashion collective.

[2][3] After returning to New Zealand, de Pont met Jack and Trelise Cooper at a night class for pattern making at Auckland Institute of Technology.

It was through this connection that de Pont acquired the lease for her first boutique situated at 13 O'Connell Street, Auckland.

[3] In 1994 she joined up with textile designer Adrienne Foote to establish the fashion label DNA which was sold in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and Denmark.

[6] During the 1990s, de Pont was the designer of the uniforms of crews of Niue's airline, Niue Airline[7] Items by de Pont are held in the collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Te Papa and the National Gallery of Victoria.