What a year it’s been for Chemena Kamali . Her Chloé debut in February was that rare instant success, with fashion editors and A-listers alike won over by her boho-infused designs, which harked back to the days of Karl Lagerfeld and Phoebe Philo at the French fashion house. “It was the most beautiful show I’ve seen in a long time,” OG Chloé girl Sienna Miller , who sat beaming on the front row, said at the time.
“It was like my dream wardrobe walking past me. It felt so nostalgic – like how the brand felt in the early ’00s.” There’s no doubt that Kamali’s light, romantic, often ruffed designs have filled a gaping hole in fashion.
“A lot of what I’m doing is from a really honest place,” the creative director told Vogue ’s Chloe Schama over the summer. “For me, women who wear Chloé embody a powerful femininity and confidence.” It’s no wonder, then, that new Chloé, as it’s been dubbed, has been so coveted among the A-list.
Miller herself noted at the brand’s most recent fashion show that she’d already worn most of the autumn/winter 2024 collection , from the sheer lace jumpsuit, complete with logo belt, that she appeared in on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet in May to the towering Maxine wedges that went viral after she – and several other guests – all wore them while sitting on the front row. Other fans have included Daisy Edgar-Jones , whose trio of Chloé looks helped her, in the words of my colleague Daniel Rodgers, �.
