MEN'S FALL-WINTER
2023/2024 COLLECTION
Paris Fashion Week
17 - 22 JANUARY 2023
Wales Bonner presents a distinct notion of cultural luxury that infuses European heritage with an Afro Atlantic spirit. Launched by Grace Wales Bonner following her graduation from Central Saint Martins in 2014, the label is created by broad cultural research and embraces a multiplicity of perspectives. Established as a menswear brand, Wales Bonner's soulful tailoring soon expanded to womenswear. Grace Wales Bonner has received numerous awards including 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 2019, Grace was invited by Maria Grazia Chiuri to collaborate with Dior to re-interpret the house's New Look silhouette for its Resort 2020 collection. In the same year, she curated an institutional exhibition, A Time for New Dreams, at Serpentine Galleries, London.Grace is Head of the Department of Fashion Design at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.
WALES BONNER
MEN'S FALL-WINTER
2023/2024 COLLECTION
The Fall-Winter Collection acts as a study of diverse artistic traditions in Paris. I was thinking about seminal artists' “Paris years” and what the space had opened up for them on a creative level. Characters I had in mind, who continue to inspire me were James Baldwin, Josephine Baker and the Maharaja of Indore.
— Grace Wales Bonner