Wales Bonner's debut collection, "Ebonics", was presented in 2015 at Fashion East in London. She presented two runway shows the following year, Malik and Spirituals, after which she was awarded the LVMH prize. Wales Bonner continued to show her collections in London, until she was invited as guest designer of
Pitti Uomo in Florence, Italy, for the presentation of the brand's Spring Summer 2023 collection. Since its Autumn Winter 2023 show, Wales Bonner has exhibited shows on the
Paris Fashion Week Men's Calendar. In 2019, she curated her debut show,
A Time For New Dreams, at the
Serpentine Gallery, which was an exploration of magical resonances within black cultural and aesthetic practices, and focused on the shrine "as a symbolic pathway for imagining different worlds and possibilities". It was described as "a bringing together of multiple interdisciplinary creative practices: music, fashion, art and design". The exhibition, which attracted 25,000 visitors, took its name from a collection of essays by Nigerian writer
Ben Okri, and included work by several artists (including
Chino Amobi, the
Black Audio Film Collective,
David Hammons,
Rotimi Fani-Kayode,
Liz Johnson Artur,
Rashid Johnson,
Kapwani Kiwanga,
Eric N. Mack and
Paul Mpagi Sepuya), featuring Okri's words on the wall, as well as footage of African-American writer
Ishmael Reed. At the show's opening, Reed performed on piano and Okri recited a poem written for the occasion. According to
Hans-Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Gallery: "Grace is a fashion designer, but she's also a thinker, a writer, and an editor. She makes connections between different fields, from music to art." Following the opening of A Time for New Dreams at
Serpentine Galleries, Wales Bonner presented a musical series titled Devotional Sound. Performers at the London event included
Sampha,
Laraaji, and Klein. The series was continued in New York in a set of performances at
St. Peter's Church from
Solange,
Standing on the Corner, and
Laraaji. In that same year, Wales Bonner was invited by
Maria Grazia Chiuri to collaborate with
Dior to re-interpret the house's
New Look silhouette for its Resort 2020 collection. Wales Bonner has collaborated with sportswear brand
Adidas on seasonal collections as well as official kits for the
Jamaican Football Federation. In 2022, she collaborated with renowned American artist
Kerry James Marshall on a limited-edition T-shirt. Since 2020, Wales Bonner and Adidas have collaborated on 25 sold-out sneakers. Wales Bonner was appointed as a
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the
2022 Birthday Honours for services to fashion. In 2023, Wales Bonner curated an exhibition at the
Museum of Modern Art New York, titled
Spirit Movers, as part of the museum's Artist's Choice series. The exhibition consisted of nearly 40 artworks from the museum's collection that explore sound, movement, performance, and style in the African diaspora and beyond. The exhibition featured two unseen works held in the MoMA Collection from artists
David Hammons and Moustapha Dimé, alongside works from around the world and across generations including
Agnes Martin,
Betye Saar,
Terry Adkins, and
Man Ray. It was accompanied by the artist's book
Dream in the Rhythm: Visions of Sound and Spirit in the MoMA collection, which collected photography from the MoMA collection along with reprinted poetry and original texts from British painter
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and American writer
Ishmael Reed. The Spirit Movers exhibition was selected as a Critic's Pick by the
New York Times. In a
New Yorker profile, critic
Vince Aletti described the exhibition and catalogue as "the product of a sensibility that’s both sophisticated and intuitive, making connections across periods, mediums, and styles which are so unexpected that every object seems new.". Her work was also included in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art's Summer Exhibition,
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. A look from the Wales Bonner Spring Summer 2017 Show, Ezekiel, was on the cover of the exhibition's catalogue photographed by
Tyler Mitchell. Wales Bonner has also collaborated with visual artists as part of its seasonal collections and runway presentations, including
Kerry James Marshall,
Theaster Gates,
Chris Ofili,
Ibrahim Mahama,
Joy Gregory,
Frank Bowling,
Jacob Lawrence,
Terry Adkins and
Lubaina Himid. Wales Bonner's work in music continued with the event series Togetherness, presented in Paris in 2024 with performers
E'tran de l'Aïr, Mansur Brown, La Fève and DJ Sarz. The second Togetherness event was presented at the
Guggenheim New York alongside artist
Rashid Johnson's major retrospective,
A Poem for Deep Thinkers, and included performers
Fireboy DML, Amaarae,
KeiyaA, Navy Blue,
The Cavemen, The Joy, and Sir Rashad Ringo Smith. She was appointed creative director of the
Hermès menswear line in 2025, following the departure of
Véronique Nichanian, who had been in charge of the line from 1988 to 2026. Wales Bonner's first collection will be shown in January 2027. == Awards ==