Phillip Lim
Phillip Lim
Phillip Limis an American fashion designer of Chinese descent. Lim co-founded and worked at the Los Angeles-based fashion label Development from 2000 to 2004. In the fall of 2005, he co-founded 3.1 Phillip Lim with friend and business partner Wen Zhou, becoming the company's creative director. Lim has garnered both critical and commercial success with his eponymous line. The Council of Fashion Designers of America awarded Lim the 2007 award for Emerging Talent in Womenswear for his work at 3.1...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth28 March 1973
CountryChina
You can make jeans and a t-shirt super stylish. It's what you make of it, you know?
You know, for myself, my personal journey has been a very fortunate one and I would say to people it's like the stars lined up and the skies opened up and the sun shined and I met the right people - was at the right time. And, most importantly, you know I love what I do.
Since an early age, I’ve been intrigued by the idea of design evolution,
I don't have a life where it's galas, posh affairs. It's me, my dog and a sofa. And a TV.
I started in college as a business major and finally transferred to home economics and studied making clothes.
I swear by the invigorating shampoo and conditioner by Como Shambhala. When you’re in need for a quick mental vacation, it does the trick
I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California.
There is a secret hippie within me.