Black Excellence: Grace Wales Bonner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Wales_Bonner
Grace Wales Bonner MBE is an English fashion designer.[1] Her designs blend sportswear and tailoring.[2] In 2014, she founded the London-based label Wales Bonner, originally specializing in menswear.[1][3]
Since founding her eponymous brand, Wales Bonner 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 is the head of the department of Fashion Design at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.[1]