Fashion

Donna Pinel (designer Donna Weight) is a multidisciplinary designer specialising in fashion, textiles, and 3D digital art. After graduating from Saint Martin’s School of Art in 1981 with a B.A. (Hons) in Fashion and Textiles, she quickly became a staple of London's vibrant independent fashion scene, co-founding the graduate collective Notre Dame X. Showing regularly at London Fashion Week, she ran a successful flagship boutique within Kensington’s iconic Hyper-Hyper and wholesaled her collections globally to luxury heavyweights including Harrods, Bloomingdale’s, and Henri Bendel.

Her diverse career spans high-profile fabric innovation for the Wool Secretariat, corporate uniform design for Caledonian Airways, and subcultural styling for hip-hop artists The Cookie Crew, alongside academic lecturing at Nottingham Trent University. Today, Donna translates her traditional tailoring, pattern-making, and production mastery into the digital realm, utilizing advanced tools like Marvelous Designer to create cutting-edge 3D FX and motion graphics through her creative studio, 2dplusone.one.

  • London & UK: Hyper-Hyper (Kensington flagship), Harrods (Knightsbridge), Midas (Knightsbridge), Joanna’s Tent (Kings Road), Darla Jane Gilroy Shop (Kings Road), Academy (Soho & Kings Road), The Vestry (South Molton Street), This Address (Soho), Changing Room (St. Christopher’s Place), Pierott (Richmond), Something Else (Roman Road).
  • Regional UK: Icki Ni San (Glasgow), Driftwood (Bristol), Psyche Attire (Middlesbrough).
  • International: Bloomingdale’s (New York), Henri Bendel (New York), Soho Zoo (New York), Public Image (Philadelphia).

Key Projects & Technical Competencies

  • Industry Collaborations: The Wool Secretariat (Wool House), The Cotton Institute, East Central Studios (Corn fabric innovation).
  • Special Commissions: British Caledonian Airways (Uniform Design), Guinness World Records (2011 Uniform Design), The Cookie Crew (Music Industry Styling).
  • Technical & Digital Expertise: Collection Design, Pattern Making, Garment Production, Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter, Adobe Creative Suite.