7th Mar —
2025
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On the 26th of February 2025 our Creative Director Onye Anuna made a final appearance at Zalando and ADAN’s Black Owned Brand’s Accelerator. A full day event at Zalando’s headquarters in Berlin that included meeting the other great fashion designers who also embarked on this program. Lunch was had with Zalando’s Black Employee Connection with amazing food from the continent served. After lunch, an in-depth talk was had with buyers from Zalando’s luxury menswear team, presenting Gravalot’s last full collection, and a final presentation in the evening to the wider network with food, drinks, music and great company to round off the day.
A special mention must go out to Maddalena Benedetto, Zalando D&I Manager the founder of the accelerator, Kay Muwoki who co-lead the accelerator in the latter phases, and ADAN’s Managing Director, Allie Bangura, without whom, none of this would have been possible.
We’d like to thank everybody that participated in this accelerator, from the other brands, to our mentors, Zalando and ADAN for their incredible work, and would encourage any designers looking to forge a sustainable path ahead to apply to the next accelerator.
Courtesy of Zalando
What next? Conversations will continue into the next season with Zalando’s teams, including the possibility of retailing Gravalot’s next collection on the platform. Let’s wait and see! Main image courtesy of DeLovie Kwagala