Bianca Gittens is a founder, curator, creative director, and artist whose work spans fashion, textiles, and the arts. She is the founder of Re.Stance, a platform and cultural initiative dedicated to amplifying emerging BIPOC, sustainable, and upcycling designers. Through Re.Stance, Bianca curates and produces immersive runway showcases that blend fashion, performance, sound, and projection, while developing site-specific installations and “thirdspace” environments that dissolve the boundaries between runway, exhibition, and performance. She collaborates with fiber and textile artists to reclaim waste materials and transform them into innovative design narratives, and leads community-centered storytelling initiatives that advance inclusion, cultural impact, and sustainability in fashion.
Since 2010, Bianca has also worked as a fashion model, represented by agencies including Another Species (Montreal), City Models (Paris), Established Models (London), Women 360 (New York/Italy), and Women Los Angeles. She has collaborated with global brands such as Dior, Vogue, Maybelline, Levi’s, Nike, Chanel, and L’Oreal, contributing to campaigns that enhance brand exposure and audience engagement. These experiences have given her deep insight into international fashion trends, cultural sensitivities, and the business of the fashion industry.
She holds a Bachelor of Design in Fashion with a concentration in Communications from Toronto Metropolitan University (2021–2025), and she is a Certified Sustainable Development Professional (CSDP) from Copenhagen Business School. She has also completed the Born Global Capra Course on Biomimicry. Her professional skills span creative, strategic, and operational domains, including graphic design, Adobe Creative Suite, project and time management, trend analysis, team leadership, budget management, marketing strategy, brand strategy, SEO, and market research, all underpinned by a commitment to sustainability and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Her work has been recognized with a Leadership Award from the United Nations x Hult Business School, she was a Hult Prize Challenge Semifinalist, dubbed “The Nobel Prize for Students”. Fluent in French and English, Bianca brings a global perspective to her creative and entrepreneurial endeavors.
