Wales Bonner’s Best Spring ’22 Looks

You can always count on Grace Wales Bonner for a truly unique concept to begin her new collections. For spring ’22, the starting place is the tradition of West African studio portraiture, and in particular, the work of Burkinabe artist Sanlé Sory—who committed a stylish group of young, cool studio visitors to black-and-white film using a Rolleiflex camera in the 1970s. He also documented nightlife in the city of Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta. And so the ’70s with a sultry hint peek through a collection of layered cotton and silk shirting, textural mohair knits, and woven dresses. It’s elegant but casual—hitting just the exact note.