Shannon Wilson

Shannon Wilson is a Canadian fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She is best known for her former role as lead designer at yoga-apparel company Lululemon Athletica, where she designed some of the company’s most successful products – including the groove pants and logo hoodie. She remains a mentor for the current designers at the company. Recently, she founded Kit and Ace, a technical luxury apparel company, and was the company's creative director. Wilson created "technical cashmere" for Kit and Ace, which is cashmere blended with varying combinations of spandex, cotton and rayon to make it machine washable.