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IB Kamara (pronounced I. B.) is a British multi-hyphenate creative based in London. He currently serves as Creative Director for Off-White, Editor-in-Chief of Dazed and a consulting stylist with numerous brands including Chanel and Kenzo. In 2022 he founded a creative consultancy ‘Raw Materials’ to assist brands with their creative campaigns and communication strategies.
Born in Sierra Leone, Kamara grew up in the Gambia before moving to London aged 16. He attended Central Saint Martins, where he worked on a project entitled “2026,” which explored what black masculinity could look like 10 years in the future, and was exhibited at Somerset House as part of the show “Utopian Voices Here and Now.” For the exhibition, he dumpster-dived in areas of Johannesburg with photographer and long-time collaborator Kristin-Lee Moolman, searching for discarded outfits and refashioning them into new clothes.
Kamara’s creative career started as a stylist before encompassing everything from fashion design and music, to film direction and furniture production. His style is a uniquely African body of work that explores the idea of menswear and masculinity. Mentored by the late Barry Kamen, Kamara has worked as costume stylist on Sampha’s short film “Process,” directed by Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar. In 2017, he styled a Stella McCartney campaign for the brand’s #StellaBy collaboration, shot in Nigeria by Nadine Ijewere . He has also styled editorials, campaigns and runway shows for brands including Dior, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Nike and Ferragamo.
In June 2018, Kamara joined i-D as fashion editor at large, before being promoted to senior fashion editor at large in July 2019. In January 2021, he joined British youth culture bible Dazed as editor in chief.
Kamara joined the team at Off-White overseeing the creative direction for the brand in April 2022. The label had been without a creative director since the death of founder, and friend, Virgil Abloh in November 2021.
