WALES BONNER, GRACE

BRAND AND FASHION DESIGNER ,   W

GRACE WALES BONNER IS AN ENGLISH FASHION DESIGNER BORN IN 1992

Born to a Jamaican mother and English father, Grace Wales Bonner grew up in South London. The two cultures constantly dialogue in her collections. After studying at the prestigious Central Saint Martins, she founded Wales Bonner in 2014. she Born as a menswear brand, she soon experiments with women’s clothing. From 2015 the first awards arrive. She first received the ‘Emerging Menswear Designer’ award at the British Awards, then the most authoritative: the LVMH Young Designer Prize. Her career has begun and in 2020 she made her debut in the Parisian calendar.

Fashion, art and literature meet in his creations. He best represents the multicultural world, where an explosion of creativity is born from the meeting of cultures. Always close to issues related to race and gender identity, her fashion is full of literary references and black culture. Her goal is to reinterpret post-colonial history through the fabric.

GRACE WALES BONNER AND DIOR

Maria Grazia Chiuri, fascinated by her multifaceted personality, after seeing her exhibition at the Sepertine Sackler Gallery in London entitled ‘A Time for New Dreams’, invites her to rework one of the most significant silhouettes in the fashion world for the Cruise 2020 collection: the Dior Bar Jacket .

For me it was about finding a meeting point between two different worlds to create a new form of luxury: it was about examining a hybrid concept, which is what I always try to do with my creations, this time through a symbol that represents European luxury. I used techniques such as embroidery, raffia, crochet that evoke traditional Caribbean craftsmanship for the silhouette of the jacket, combining it with trousers, which are more akin to my style, and at the same time examine the perfect balance between masculine and feminine elements.

The Bar by Grace Wales Bonner Jacket

In November 2021 Grace Wales Bonner collaborates with Adidas . The inspiration comes from the London subcultures of the 70s. A collection of jumpsuits, sweaters and snekears that the young designer reinterprets through her artistic vision, incessantly nourished by her multicultural heritage.

Read also:

Emerging brands to keep an eye on

Casablanca, the Parisian brand of the moment