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
tricky trying
It's been a bit tricky trying to establish a 'designer' profile and not a designer-cum-girl-around-town.
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.
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.
require shops time wants
Everyone wants new things all the time; shops require so much - there has to be consistency.