While fashion lovers were reeling from celebrity stylist Law Roach’s announcement on Tuesday that he was “retiring,” the man himself was gearing up for a pivot.
On Wednesday evening, a day after Roach suddenly disclosed his news on Instagram with little explanation, he made his runway debut during the Boss Spring/Summer 2023 show in Miami. He also opened up to Vogue about what retirement truly means for him and in a series of tweets addressed rampant rumors that his announcement was because of a rift with Zendaya, one of his most famous and longstanding client relationships.
Roach told Vogue he isn’t retiring from the fashion industry, just from a certain aspect of it. “What I’m retiring from is the celebrity styling part of it: the being in service and at [the] service of other people. That’s what I’m retiring from.”
Roach said he made the decision because he feels his styling career has plateaued. “I’ve done everything I wanted to do in this career,” he said. I’ve received all the awards, the accolades, I’ve changed people’s lives … And I just feel like, I’ve had enough, you know.”
Burnout also informed his decision. Roach explained that he has had a tendency to be a workaholic and to put himself on the back burner for his clients, a pattern rooted in a background that includes going to bed hungry as a child. “If you’ve ever felt that feeling, it never goes away,” he said.
While his debut in the Boss runway show may hint at what’s to come during this transition, Roach also indicated he’s still figuring out what the next chapter will hold. “This just happened yesterday,” he told Vogue. “I’m soul searching, and I’m speaking to people that I trust, like Edward [Enninful, editor-in-chief of British Vogue], and I just have to figure it out. But I’m so excited that today I get to release.”
Notably, Enninful was among many…
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