“I haven’t felt this much anticipation about an event in a long time,” says Carine Roitfeld, the former editor-in-chief of who has been described as the “queen of French fashion”. And there’s good reason for her excitement. Tonight, Place Vendôme will be hosting a unique event: .
Ahead of the event, caught up with super-stylists Carine Roitfeld and Ib Kamara, creative director at Off-White and editor-in-chief of . The pair have been responsible for the creative vision of the show, working in close collaboration with Alexandre Samson, curator of the Palais Galliera. : How is this Vogue World project different from your other styling and consulting projects? It’s been almost 15 years since I left and the Vogue world.
It was fun to come back, not least because I have very fond memories of . And Vogue World in Paris, as a Parisian, it means a lot. I’m very happy that Anna Wintour thought of me.
I know she respects me, she understands my French fashion culture, and especially my Parisian culture. The only person I could have shared this moment with – two of us collaborated on this – is Ib Kamara. We have so many differences in terms of age, sex, and background, and I respect him a lot.
We’ve worked together before and I think he’s one of the few people with whom I’d be happy to collaborate on this event. Generally, I don’t like to share, but with him it all goes well. We both give in at times, we both want to create the best event possible, it’s all.
