There was a lot going on at theMoncler City of Geniusevent this past weekend in Shanghai.

And there were plenty more designers and celebrities there to generate creative energy too.

The formereditor-in-chiefof our British edition and ongoingVogueadvisor started his career as a model when he was 16 years old.

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Photo: Courtesy of Moncler

Enninful considered for a moment, then said: Well, I still cant sing.

Here is a cut of the rest of our conversation.

What was it like switching roles like this?

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Inside the Moncler exhibition space in Shanghai.

Ive been a stylist forever: my whole career.

So Im used to working with designers.

Im used to going in and sharing my opinion and helping to shape the collection.

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More views of the exhibition.

But to work on my own in that position has been an incredible experience.

How did it start?

And I had always wanted to work with Moncler and Remo.

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Edward Enninful at the welcome dinner.

From the very beginning until the end, I couldnt just step in and out of the design process.

Because to design things that I relate to, everything had to come from within.

So it had to be black.

I was like, what would you do in extreme snow or in extreme sandstorms or in extreme winds?

Really, thats how it started.

Then I went into the archives and I looked at certain shapes that I love.

There was a Karakorum shape that I was obsessed with.

The pieces and shapes started from there, and then I added the details.

I wanted to work with long skirts, but in technical fabrics.

Everything is in technical materials, even the knitwear.

And I wanted to make it light, and play around with layers.

you could see the peacoats in there, the organza skirts with the frills.

It was, how do you create a wardrobe thats the perfect mix of technical and high fashion?

It would have been easy to create a lot of unwearable pieces but thats not really me.

I wanted to create pieces that would last forever.

And now you face the interesting prospect of seeing your designs styled by othersis that something you relish?

And I would say just go for ithave fun!

Im really looking forward to seeing that happen.

Inside the Moncler exhibition space in Shanghai.

More views of the exhibition.

Edward Enninful at the welcome dinner.