(Paris) For her first and anticipated collection at the head of Chloé, designer Chemena Kamali was rooted in the looks of the Parisian house’s 1970s, around the concepts of “power” and “freedom”, an era of the “woman who dares”.
“Coming back to Chloé seemed very natural to me, like a return home and a new beginning,” commented the 41-year-old German who had already worked for the brand, first as an intern and then under the aegis of Phoebe Philo in particular.
For her first collection, she designed silhouettes that play on contrasts: blurred and tailored, feminine and masculine, muslin and vinyl, powder pink and military green, white lace and black thigh-high boots.
A look to embody it: this romantic dress, your nude all movement and fluidity, which escapes from a very masculine black leather coat, rigid and long down to the feet.
There are western details in these very Parisian looks and a metal logo belt which doesn’t belt much, but jewels the silhouette.
After the departure of Gabriela Hearst from the artistic direction of Chloé, Chemena Kamali, a stylist born in Germany and trained at the prestigious Central Saint Martins in London, was poached from Saint Laurent and appointed by the parent company, the Richemont conglomerate, the October 9.
Chloé, a French fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion and which included Karl Lagerfeld, to whom we owe the logo, fought to find –– or rediscover – its DNA, after the disruptive proposals of its very committed last artistic director .
“I want to return to the original roots of the house and build a sensual Chloé that radiates warmth and positivity,” explained her successor.