“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. This Sunday, June 23, the Place Vendôme will be hosting a unique event— .
It is a celebration of fashion, sport, French savoir-faire and excellence, and the historic houses of French fashion. The stars of the day will be some of the world’s most talented designers and athletes. For the occasion, 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, Paris’s fashion museum. 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.
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