IB Kamara, IWP2025 Guest Artistic Director

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.

Kamara, born in Sierra Leone and raised in the Gambia, moved to London at 16. He studied at Central Saint Martins, where his project “2026” on black masculinity was featured at Somerset House. His career, which began as a stylist, spans fashion design, music, film, and furniture production, with a focus on African-inspired menswear and masculinity. Kamara worked as a costume stylist for Sampha’s "Process" short film and collaborated on campaigns for brands like Dior, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton. In 2018, he became i-D’s fashion editor at large, later advancing to senior editor. In 2021, he was named editor-in-chief of Dazed and joined Off-White in 2022 as creative director following Virgil Abloh’s passing.