Blondey McCoy

Blondey McCoy is the name used by Thomas Eblen, born Hage on 23 May 1997, an English artist, skateboarder and model born to a British mother and a Lebanese father and raised by his grandmother, the author and cook Salma Hage. He was educated at Rokeby Preparatory School and Westminster School. He works in collage, installation art and murals, including the series Us and Chem on young people's mental health. He conceived his brand Thames as a school art project, began working with Palace Skateboards in 2014 and has been creative director of Thames since 2019. He has modelled for Supreme, Burberry, Valentino, Palace and Adidas and published the book Blondey 15-21 with the photographer Alasdair McLellan.