Shannon Wilson is a Canadian fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She is best known for her former role as lead designer at the yoga apparel company Lululemon Athletica.[1] In 2014, she founded Kit and Ace,[2] a technical luxury apparel company.[3][4]
Education
Wilson received her BFA in fashion design from the University of Victoria.[5]
Business
In 2014, Wilson and her stepson JJ Wilson founded Kit and Ace, a luxury T-shirt retailer made with a proprietary cashmere blend. The first studio pop-up location opened in Vancouver in July of that year.[citation needed]
Other activities
In 2007, along with her husband, Chip Wilson, founder of Lululemon Athletica, she established imagine1day, a nonprofit organization committed to bringing primary education to 80 percent of children in Ethiopia by 2030.[6] In 2012, the Wilson family donated $1.5 million to the Vancouver Biennale.[7] The donation paid for a metal sculpture designed by Yue Minjun, titled A-maze-ing Laughter, which currently sits in Morton Park, Vancouver.[8]
Awards and honours
In 2014, Wilson received an honorary doctorate from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.[9] In 2015, she and her husband received an honorary doctorate from Kwantlen Polytechnic University.[10]
References
External links
- Kit and Ace official website