Padina Bondar-Gibbs

Family and Personal Life

• Padina Bondar-Gibbs‘ father’s name is Not Available and Padina Bondar-Gibbs‘ mother’s name is Not Available.
• Cultural Inspiration: Padina draws inspiration from her Iranian heritage, blending cultures and techniques to create unique designs.
• Husband: Padina and her husband, Ryan, met in high school, where they took a class together.

Padina Bondar-Gibbs Trivia

• Padina Bondar-Gibbs was born in Tehran, Iran.
• Padina Bondar-Gibbs’s birth sign is .
• Who is Padina Bondar-Gibbs? Padina Bondar-Gibbs is a fashion designer, artist, and activist hailing from Iran and Canada. She is popularly recognized for her appearance “OMG Fashun.”
• Education and Achievements: Padina completed the MFA Textiles program at Parsons School of Design, blending traditional techniques with modern technology to repurpose non-biodegradable waste. She received the 2021 Geoffrey Beene Design Masters Scholar Award and is mentored by Dany Garcia through CFDA.
• Philosophy and Values: Padina emphasizes the importance of innovation in addressing social and environmental issues within the fashion industry. Her focus areas include sustainable textile development and ethical progress.
• Creative Process: Padina’s week involves unconventional activities like rummaging through recycle bins, incorporating human hair into fabrics, and repurposing textile waste. She draws inspiration from fashion’s waste and pollution, viewing them as catalysts for social innovation.
• Challenges and Goals: Padina aims to revolutionize the fashion industry’s approach to sustainability and human rights. She advocates for reducing waste in manufacturing and disposal processes and investing in innovative technologies.
• Influence and Leadership: Padina believes fashion has the power to influence cultural and societal norms. By setting high standards for sustainability, she hopes to inspire consumers and other industries to follow suit.
• Sustainable Practices: Padina, a textile designer, uses recovered plastic trash to create fabrics and embellishments that challenge rapid fashion. She wants to give her creations narrative significance and promote production practices that reduce waste and abuse.
• Early Passion for Fashion: Padina discovered her love for fashion design at a young age, learning sewing and pattern sketching in primary school.
• Educational Journey: After studying Fine Arts, she pursued further education in Fashion Design at Ryerson University and completed her studies at Parsons’ MFA textiles program.
• Professional Beginnings: Padina started her business designing custom orders for wedding gowns, daywear, lingerie, and accessories. She is also a lecturer at Parsons School of Design, where she helps students create their own fashion brands.
• Diverse Work Experience: Prior to her current roles, Padina worked as a fashion expert for Deborah Milner and joined WORE.DESIGN in 2015. She is presently employed as a fashion stylist for Mahsa Navi and as a fashion designer for Peter Gray Hair since 2015.
• Creative Leadership: Padina assumed the role of Creative Director for Padina Bondar Designs in 2014, overseeing its evolution from aesthetics-focused weddings to cause-driven designs.
• Innovative Designs: Her designs extend beyond aesthetics, focusing on social and ethical issues, including training refugees, dressing drag queens, and creating wearable technologies for people with disabilities. Padina’s brand embraces inclusivity, featuring models of all genders, sizes, ages, and physical abilities. She established a non-profit organization to support various communities through training, commissions, and networking opportunities.
• Signature Collections: Notable collections include “xx” and “xx-enshroud,” addressing themes of female sexuality and gender-based human rights violations, respectively.
• Design Focus: While specializing in bespoke weddings, lingerie, and eveningwear, Padina’s primary focus is on avant-garde and wearable art projects that incorporate her cultural heritage.
• Social Media Presence: Due to her popularity, Padina Bondar-Gibbs has accumulated over tens of thousands of fan followers on her @padinabondar Instagram account.

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