Grace Wales Bonner: Biography, Facts and Career

Grace Wales Bonner (born 1990) is an English fashion designer. Her designs blend sportswear, tailoring and broad cultural research. In 2014, she founded the London-based label Wales Bonner, originally specializing in menswear. In 2025, she was appointed creative director of the Hermès menswear line, succeeding Véronique Nichanian, and becoming the first woman of Black heritage to lead a major luxury fashion house. Wales Bonner's first collection for Hermès is set to be shown in January 2027. Since founding her eponymous brand, Wales Bonner's 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). In June 2022, she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to fashion. Wales Bonner was the lead of a four year research project at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.

Quick facts about Grace Wales Bonner

• Full name: Grace Wales Bonner
• Born: 1992-01-01
• Nationality: United Kingdom
• Known as: Fashion figure
• Wikidata ID: Q55437610

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