LONDON — Trend stylist Ib Kamara will step down at Dazed as editor in chief after a four-year tenure, WWD has realized.
His closing concern will likely be revealed in June, and his successor on the London-based impartial style publication will likely be revealed in the end.
Gareth Wrighton and Kacion Mayers, whom Kamara employed as artwork director and editorial director, respectively, at Dazed, will likely be stepping down in June as nicely.
Jefferson Hack, chief govt officer and cofounder of Dazed Media, mentioned: “Each era has a stylist who turns into the catalyst and units a brand new tone for style image-making. Ib Kamara is that this vanguard.
“He has up to date and upended the style lexicon, with extra narrative, extra theater, extra graphic silhouettes, extra originality, a younger fearless manner of placing garments and pictures collectively that made you cease and concentrate. Throughout his time at Dazed, Ib by no means stopped trying outward on the world, discovering the power in Brazil, Shanghai, Nigeria or Ghana and filtering it again by Dazed,” added Hack, who additionally wished Kamara all the perfect for the journey forward of him.
Kamara, who was appointed artwork and picture director of the late Virgil Abloh’s label Off-White in 2022 and later promoted to inventive director in February 2024, mentioned he’s happy with his workforce and all of the collaborators he has labored with on the pages of Dazed.
“I’ll be eternally honored by the chance to have been among the many inventive leaders of this iconic platform — now changing into a part of the notorious Dazed alumni who collectively proceed to form the tradition. Final of all, I look to the way forward for Dazed and am excited for what’s to come back — because the baton is handed down and extra doorways are opened for a brand new era of creatives ready to have their voices heard,” he added.
Kamara joined Dazed in 2021 and introduced a daring new tone in style image-making to the journal. He made area for a brand new era of world creatives, permitting them to precise themselves and have fun fashionable youth tradition all around the world.
Dua Lipa on the quilt of Dazed journal.
Courtesy of Dazed
Main faces he has placed on the quilt up to now 4 years included Rihanna, Harry Types, Rosalía, Dua Lipa, A$AP Rocky, Doechii, Burna Boy, Doja Cat, Taylor Russell, Drew Starkey, Mikey Madison and Harris Dickinson.
In his capability because the journal’s editor in chief, he additionally commonly commissioned and collaborated with rising inventive skills, comparable to photographers Malick Bodian, Campbell Addy, Aidan Zamiri, Gabriel Moses, Renell Medrano, Justin French, Will Scarborough, William Waterworth and Rafael Pavarotti, together with set designer Ibby Njoya and motion director Yagamoto.
In 2021, Kamara was named the recipient of the British Trend Council’s Isabella Blow Award for Trend Creator. The British Trend Council mentioned he stood out for his wealthy visible storytelling that weaves in excessive style, with numerous cultural references and questions on gender and id.
Along with his editorship at Dazed, he counts manufacturers together with Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Ferragamo, Gucci and Kenzo as his purchasers, and contributes to different titles like Vogue, W and Double.
