Phoebe Philo OBE was born on 1 January 1973 and is a British fashion designer.
16 Facts About Phoebe Philo
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Phoebe Philo was the creative director of fashion brands Celine from 2008 to 2018 and Chloe from 2001 to 2006.
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Phoebe Philo's father, Richard, is a surveyor and her mother, Celia, is an art dealer and graphic artist who had a hand in creating David Bowie's Aladdin Sane album cover.
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Phoebe Philo studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, graduating in 1996.
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Phoebe Philo graduated showing a final student collection that The Guardian would later describe as having a "Latino influence and huge gold jewellery".
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Phoebe Philo quickly joined Chloe as Stella McCartney's first assistant for ready-to-wear collection in Paris.
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Phoebe Philo began working for Chloe in 1997 as Stella McCartney's design assistant, succeeding her as creative director in 2001.
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In 2002, Phoebe Philo commissioned Sophie Hicks to create a concept for the Chloe stores.
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Phoebe Philo subsequently moved back to London to be with her family and had her second child.
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Phoebe Philo agreed on the condition to continue working in London whilst showing in Paris, and devoted the first year to rebuilding the business by opening a design studio in a derelict Georgian town house on Cavendish Square in London.
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Phoebe Philo presented her debut collection the next year to much critical acclaim.
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Consistently name checked by fashion insiders as the label they want to wear, Phoebe Philo successfully resuscitated a tired Parisian house and recast it as an imperative part of each season's fashion dialogue.
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In 2017 after 10 years of working at Celine and much speculation in the media Phoebe Philo announced to her team that she would be leaving after the Pre-Fall 2018 collection.
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In 2021, Phoebe Philo announced she would launch a brand under her own name.
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Phoebe Philo was named by Time Magazine as amongst the world's 100 most influential people in 2014.
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Phoebe Philo was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to fashion.