Africa-Press – Gambia. Off-White entrusts the role of art & made director to Ibrahim Kamara. After a career as a fashion director and stylist, the designer born in Sierra Leone in 1990 has been director of the magazine since last year Dazed. Kamara worked closely with the founder of the brand Virgil Ablohwho died suddenly last November, both for Off-White and for menswear by Louis Vuittonof which he was creative director.
“In the wake of Virgil’s tragic passing, we have worked tirelessly to keep his legacy and relevant brand alive as an ever-evolving benchmark and platform. It is a great honor to have Ibrahim on board, who has been part of the Off-White family for the styling of our shows for years, to oversee the art and creativity of the brand in this next chapter is a great honor, “said the label’s CEO via social media. Andrea Grilli.
“Virgil will be with us forever. With me – he declares through his Instagram account Kamara-. He changed the world and left an indelible mark that he met him and beyond. Generous with his time, mind and creativity, he saw everyone and created with all humanity in mind. I am honored to further strengthen my bond with Off-White as their art & image director and to be part of a team that will tell the rest of the story Virgil started for all of us ”. Kamara and Abloh’s relationship has intensified over the past three years after they started exchanging simple direct messages via Instagram.
Raised in Gambia, at the age of 11 the designer moved to London, where he studied at Central Saint Martin working on a project on the masculinity of black men, also exhibited at the renowned Somerset House as part of the exhibition ‘Utopian voices here and now ‘. His professional career started from Kenzoworked on the costumes for the video ‘Process of Sampha’ directed by Kendrick Lamar And Beyoncéhe was then appointed fashion editor for the historic magazine iDhas offered consultancy to various luxury brands, also collaborating in the fashion shows of Burberry with Riccardo Tisci.
Off-White is 60% owned by Lvmh. When, in 2019, Farfetch he got his hands on New Guards Group the e-commerce platform has acquired 100% of the Italian group which includes brands such as Palm Angels And Marcelo Burlon County of Milan, with the exception of Off-White whose ownership remained in Abloh. Ngg has the majority of an operating company that has an “exclusive multi-year licensing deal” with the brand. In 2020, Off-White’s total sales were € 306 million, up from € 273 million the year before.
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