Grace Wales Bonner

Fashion Designer

Birth Year 1990

Birthplace London, England

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About

Fashion designer who is known for her work with Dior and Adidas. In the year 2014, she founded the London-based label Wales Bonner, originally specializing in menswear. Wales Bonner is the head of the department of Fashion Design at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.

Before Fame

She attended and graduated from Central Saint Martins. 

Trivia

She was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2022. Since founding her eponymous brand, Wales Bonner awards include Emerging Menswear Designer at the British Fashion Awards (2015), the LVMH Young Designer Prize (2016), Winner of the British Fashion Council/ Vogue Designer Fashion Fund (2019) and CFDA International Men's Designer of the Year (2021).

Family Life

Her father is Jamaican and her mother is English. 

Associated With

She featured works from poet Ben Okri in her debut gallery show. She designed a dress for actress Meghan Markle.