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
anonymous designs
I want to show my personality through my designs and stay pretty anonymous outside the industry.
child guilt imagine mobile neurotic simply spend stomach time transition until work
Until you go through with it yourself, you simply can't imagine it. But it is the transition of going back to work and the guilt of how much time you spend with your child that's hard. I worry about not getting back in time for bath-time. I am not a neurotic person at all, but every time the mobile rings, my stomach leaps.
require shops time wants
Everyone wants new things all the time; shops require so much - there has to be consistency.
showing women
I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.
I try not to intellectualise what I do.
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.
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.
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.
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.
human respect
I feel very much that I am a human being, with human limitations, and I need to respect that.
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.
organised
I just have to be very, very organised.
work
I was very, very eager to work. It's just the way I am.
tricky trying
It's been a bit tricky trying to establish a 'designer' profile and not a designer-cum-girl-around-town.