WALES BONNER news and archive

Paris brings newness and question marks to Fall 2023 menswear

Paris men’s fashion week took place during another of France’s notorious strikes. This time the protests rallied against the government’s proposal to raise the retirement age from 62, one of the youngest in the world, to 64. The youth-led fashion industry is one of many where older workers struggle to be hired, but some sectors, like France’s...

23 Jan 2023

Fashion

British label Wales Bonner launches menswear week in Paris

One of the buzziest ever menswear fashion weeks launched in Paris on Tuesday, with young British designer Grace Wales Bonner showing why she is tipped for big things with her homage to the "black flaneur". The 31-year-old, who has Jamaican heritage, has made her name with smart references to black artistic icons and colonial history -- as well...

18 Jan 2023

Fashion Featured

BFC announces nominees for The Fashion Awards 2022

Jonathan Anderson, Miuccia Prada, Bianca Saunders and Wales Bonner are among the nominees for The Fashion Awards 2022, which will be presented by the British Fashion Council on December 5 at The Royal Albert Hall in London. The annual event, which celebrates positive change within the fashion industry and those leading it, will present awards...

25 Oct 2022

Fairs |Report Featured

Pitti Uomo is running at full speed again

The semi-annual men's fashion fair Pitti Uomo is having a successful relaunch this week, with more exhibitors, more visitors and an expanded programme for its 102nd edition. Ann Demeulemeester showed favourite looks from thirty years of archives, and Grace Wales Bonner showed in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi. For the past two seasons, Pitti Uomo...

17 Jun 2022

Fashion Featured

Browns Focus announces Series Two line-up

Luxury boutique retailer Browns has unveiled the line-up for Series Two of its emerging talent platform, ‘Browns Focus,’ featuring seven design talents including Ahluwalia, Bethany Williams, Feben, Namacheko, Nicholas Daley, Selasi and Wales Bonner. The initiative relaunched last year to celebrate not only new talent but also to highlight Browns...

16 Jun 2022

Fairs

Pitti Uomo announces Grace Wales Bonner as guest designer

British menswear designer Grace Wales Bonner will be trade show Pitti Uomo’s guest designer for its 102nd edition in Florence this June. Wales Bonner will present the spring/summer 2023 collection for her eponymous label with a fashion show-event in a location that has yet to be revealed. Pitti Immagine's communication and special events...

22 Apr 2022

Fashion

Farfetch launches initiative to champion Black and ethnic minority designers

Luxury fashion platform Farfetch is launching a new initiative called ‘Farfetch Futures’ to champion designers from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds with commercial, marketing, content and technology support. ‘Farfetch Futures’ is a continuation of its work to support and promote Black designers since 2020, which has seen gross merchandise...

3 Mar 2022

Video

Video: Wales Bonner at PFW

In this video, British designer Wales Bonner has debuted her SS22 menswear collection in a digital presentation entitled Volta Jazz at Paris Men's Fashion Week SS22. Watch the video below. Video: Wales Bonner via YouTube

22 Jun 2021

Video

Video: Wales Bonner presents her FW21 film ‘The Light of Black Sunlight’

In this video, British fashion designer Wales Bonner has presented her FW21 collection in a film format called ‘The Light of Black Sunlight’ with the help of filmmaker Jeano Edwards. The film shines a light on the world of Caribbean thinking and black British intellectualism. Watch the video below. Do you want to see more FW21 clothing...

27 Jan 2021

Fashion Featured

PFW: Wales Bonner presents SS21 with a digital film

British fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner made her digital debut during Paris Fashion Week with a continued exploration of the diasporic connections between Britain and the Caribbean. ‘Essence’ continues the narrative of Wales Bonner’s autumn/winter 2020 ‘Lovers Rock’ collection, which examined the British Jamaican community in London in the...

6 Oct 2020

Fashion Featured

London Fashion Week Men’s AW20 - Five standout collections

The first major fashion event of 2020 took place in London from January 4-6, London Fashion Week Men’s, and while some were concerned over the lack of big-name designers opting for Paris and Milan and the sparse schedule, the creative force of the London menswear scene prevailed and FashionUnited has selected its top five collections. This...

7 Jan 2020

Fashion Featured

Wales Bonner redefining masculinity at LFWM AW20/21

At just 29, Grace Wales Bonner is one of London's most promising designers, exploring black male identity through her eponymous menswear brand with looks that have caught the eye of celebrities such as Meghan Markle. Wales Bonner, the daughter of a Jamaican father and English mother, unveiled her 2020 autumn/winter collection on Sunday at...

6 Jan 2020