Shannon Wilson
Wilson's work at Lululemon, as all the provided links are either dead or behind a paywall Shannon "Summer" Wilson is a Canadian fashion designer, businesswoman, artist, and philanthropist. She is best known for her former role as lead designer at the yoga apparel company Lululemon Athletica. In 2014, she founded Kit and Ace, a technical luxury apparel company.
Shannon Wilson
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Education
- University of Victoria
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Wilson's work at Lululemon, as all the provided links are either dead or behind a paywall Shannon "Summer" Wilson is a Canadian fashion designer, businesswoman, artist, and philanthropist. She is best known for her former role as lead designer at the yoga apparel company Lululemon Athletica. In 2014, she founded Kit and Ace, a technical luxury apparel company.
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Education
Education
Wilson received her BFA in fashion design from the University of Victoria.
Business
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.
Personal life
Personal life
In September 2026, Wilson announced that she would be divorcing her husband, Chip.
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. In 2012, the Wilson family donated $1.5 million to the Vancouver Biennale. The donation paid for a metal sculpture designed by Yue Minjun, titled A-maze-ing Laughter, which currently sits in Morton Park, Vancouver. In 2022, the Wilsons donated $100M to the BC Parks Foundation, the largest conservation donation in Canadian history, to protect and preserve British Columbia's ecosystem. In 2024, Wilson debuted her first art collection, Organic Formulas.
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- “Shannon Wilson”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1177814609, Shannon, Wilson.
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Awards and honours
In 2014, Wilson received an honorary doctorate from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. In 2015, she and her husband received an honorary doctorate from Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
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WILSON SHANNON, Kansas Governors, 1990
Shannon, Wilson (1802-1877), lawyer and politician, American National Biography Online, 2000
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- 1.Chip Wilson's Design Made Lululemon a Winner"Investors.com" June 8, 2012
- 2.Kit and Ace: Smart, Easy to Love, and Made to Last Apparel for Men and Women. | Kit and Ace. www.kitandace.com.
- 3.Lululemon Founder's Wife, Son Launch New Clothing Line in Vancouver"Huffington Post" August 6, 2014
- 4.Reprints, Susan Berfield susanberfield. Lululemon's Founding Family Gets Revenge with Cashmere. Bloomberg. October 15, 2015 subscription required.
- 5.Lululemon Founder Named UVic's Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year "Ring.uvic.ca" January 27, 2012
- 6.Hands on philanthropic action: building schools in Ethiopia with imgine1day "ecosalon.com" May 23, 2012
- 7.Chip and Shannon Wilson's A-maze-ing gift to the people of Vancouver, laughter celebration and freeze flash photo "InsideVancouver.ca" August 9, 2013
- 8.Yue Minjun gives Vancouver the last laugh "TheGlobeandMail.com" July 23, 2012
- 9.Lululemon founder Chip Wilson gifts $100M to help protect nature in B.C. cbc.ca. September 15, 2022.
- 10.Organic Formulas. summerwilson.com.
- 11.Lululemon founder Chip Wilson and wife Shannon 'Summer' Wilson are divorcing. vancouversun.com. 6 September 2026.
- 12.Lululemon founder Chip Wilson receiving honorary doctorate from Emily Carr University of Art + Design | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. The Georgia Straight. April 24, 2014.
- 13.Chip & Shannon Wilson to receive honorary degrees from KPU | KPU.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1177814609, Shannon, Wilson.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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