Phoebe Philo
Phoebe Philo
Phoebe Philo OBEis a British fashion designer. In 2014 she was named by Time Magazine as amongst the world's 100 most influential people...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDesigner
require shops time wants
Everyone wants new things all the time; shops require so much - there has to be consistency.
bags
Things have to sell, of course, but if I don't want to put bags on the runway, we don't put bags on the runway. I have complete creative control.
chose quite
My mother used to dress me in quite good-taste clothes, and I really wanted things that were sparkly and spangly and trashy and nasty. I don't know if I ever chose fashion; it was just there in me.
tricky trying
It's been a bit tricky trying to establish a 'designer' profile and not a designer-cum-girl-around-town.
work
I was very, very eager to work. It's just the way I am.
famous fear good innate looked love
I have an innate fear of fame. I've never thought being famous looked like such a good place to be. I love being incognito.
human respect
I feel very much that I am a human being, with human limitations, and I need to respect that.
family home whether
I don't know whether that comes from having a family - having something very important at home that needed to be protected.
deciding history job offers stay whether
When I was deciding whether or not to take the job at Celine, I didn't really look at the history of the house. I had other offers to come back, but they weren't right, or they wouldn't let me stay in London, which was non-negotiable.
few iconic styles wardrobe
My favourite eras for styles are still the 70s and 40s, and there will be a few iconic pieces to build the wardrobe around, like there were at Chloe, but I want there to be a feel of mix-and-match.
buy clothes desire given liked massive
I never had a massive desire to buy clothes. I liked to customise the clothes I already had or was given when I was younger. If I didn't like them that much, I made them how I wanted them to be.
aim beauty display driven older reveal women
The older I get, and the more collections I do, the more I'm driven by real style and beauty. My aim is to reveal and not to display women.
I try not to intellectualise what I do.
showing women
I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.