Fact 4: She's Impressive As Hell


Being the first individual female and first menswear designer to win the LVMH award is a big deal, but by no means the first accomplishment for Grace Wales Bonner. Her graduate collection for Central Saint Martins in 2014, called Afrique, won the L'Oréal Professional Talent Award. Her dissertation "Black on Black" was personally commended by the Dean of Central Saint Martins as well. After debuting Ebonics A/W 15 with Fashion East at London Collections: Mens (which received critical acclaim), she was invited to the V&A's prestigious Fashion in Motion program. In 2015 she received the Emerging Menswear Designer award at the British Fashion Awards. Did we mention she's done all this, and she's only 25?

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