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Wales Bonner
Wales Bonner is the London fashion house founded in 2014 by Grace Wales Bonner after her graduation from Central Saint Martins. The brand frames its work as cultural luxury, connecting European heritage with an Afro-Atlantic spirit through menswear, womenswear, tailoring, knitwear, footwear, research, publications, exhibitions and collaborations. Wales Bonner remains Founder and Creative Director, and her current menswear role at Hermès is recorded separately with its narrower scope. The directory makes that distinction so the brand’s independent authorship is not confused with another house’s leadership. Awards, museum work, collaborations and stockists illuminate the practice but are not used as proxies for private-company financial performance or ownership.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2014
- Founder
- Grace Wales Bonner
- Ownership
- Independent and founder-led
- Documented milestones
- 5
- Grace Wales Bonner — Founder and Creative Director2014–Present · house · current · Wales Bonner
- 2014 — House launchedGrace Wales Bonner establishes the label after graduating from Central Saint Martins.
- 2016 — LVMH PrizeWales Bonner wins the LVMH Young Designer Prize.
- 2019 — BFC/Vogue fundThe house receives the Designer Fashion Fund.
- 2021 — CFDA awardWales Bonner wins International Men's Designer of the Year.
- 2022 — British Fashion AwardThe house is named Independent British Brand.