In less than a decade, Ben and Bonnie Kennimer have gone from teaching themselves hat making and clothing design to customizing looks for some of music’s biggest stars. Their eponymous Western-wear label, which they founded in Houston in 2017, is favored by Fort Worth songwriter and soul singer Leon Bridges, the Houston trio Khruangbin, DJ and producer Diplo, and pop star Joe Jonas. One of Bonnie’s dresses, for renowned songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jenee Fleenor, is housed at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame. And on February 7, the couple will show their creations to a New York Fashion Week runway for the first time.Now based in Bonnie’s hometown of Austin, the married couple split the work down the middle: Bonnie, who has a background in…
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