At Chloé, creative director Chemena Kamali is championing a new era of femininity, blending the house’s bohemian past with her own blossoming power. Chloe Schama meets her for Vogue.
Chemena Kamali opens the door to her office at the Chloé headquarters on Avenue Percier in Paris, revealing a long, curved sofa, pink peonies in a vase and a silver tray laid with tea. On the wall is an orderly grid of images: swimsuits designed by Karl Lagerfeld during his time at the house; Mick Jagger; bra-strap tan lines; a cigarette balanced between pouting lips. Kamali, 42, dressed in high-waisted, wide-legged Chloé jeans and a latte-coloured blouse, welcomes me in.
“When I first met Chemena,” says Strehle, “I saw her focus and ambition, but also I saw a woman willing to soak up all different streams, ideas and visions in order to find herself stylistically.” Having just entered her 30s, Kamali returned to Chloé, where she was first appointed a senior designer under Clare Waight Keller, before moving on to Saint Laurent in 2016.
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