73. Phoebe Philo
- bekasgumicuki
- Mar 30, 2016
- 1 min read
Paris // Paris
Simplicity at its best at Céline.
Philo was born to British parents working in Paris. She was raised in Harrow-on-the-Hill, London. In 1987, at the age of 14, she began customizing her clothes after receiving a sewing machine as a birthday present from her parents. She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. She graduated showing a final student collection that The Guardian would later describe as having a “Latino influence and huge gold jewellery. She quickly joined Chloé as Stella McCartney's first assistant for Ready-to-wear in Paris. She began working for Chloé in 1997 as Stella McCartney's design assistant, succeeding her as Creative Director in 2001.
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