Phoebe Philo

Offical Website: http://www.chloe.com/ Founded: in 1952 in Paris Chloé , a name chosen for its warm, feminine appeal, is perfectly in synch with the new mood of Paris: youthful and modern in design, and slightly audacious in spirit. It is founded by Gaby Aghion. With top designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Martine Sitbon and Stella McCartney as alumni, Chloé has established itself as one of the world’s top design houses. In 1997, Stella McCartney reinvents Chloé once more, with a romantic yet streetwise mix of vintage lingerie, tailoring, and signature low-rider trousers that hit a nerve with young women around the world and propels ... Read Full Story

Offical Website: http://www.chloe.com/ Founded: in 1952 in Paris Chloé , a name chosen for its warm, feminine appeal, is perfectly in synch with the new mood of Paris: youthful and modern in design, and slightly audacious in spirit. It is founded by Gaby Aghion. With top designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Martine Sitbon and Stella McCartney as alumni, Chloé has established itself as one of the world’s top design houses. In 1997, Stella McCartney reinvents Chloé once more, with a romantic yet streetwise mix of vintage lingerie, tailoring, and signature low-rider trousers that hit a nerve with young women around the world and propels ... Read Full Story

Phoebe Philo, former creative director at Chloe, has designed her first collection for Céline, and it has finally hit stores to the tune of success. Fashionistas everywhere couldn't wait to snag a piece of the RTW that gallivanted down the runway last September during Fashion Week. Dover Street Market in London was first to grasp the pre-collection in their retail clutches. We personally can't wait to get our hands on the utilitarian, menswear-inspired fabrications either! Can't get enough of Céline, especially now that one of our favorite fashion-go-to-girls took the helm? Check out the timeline of memorable moments that led to the brilliant designs ... Read Full Story

It was the moment the fashion world has been waiting for, the return of wildly popular designer Phoebe Philo, whose calm and collected debut spring-summer 2010 collection for Celine proved that after her several-year-long hiatus she still has the magic touch. Philo's clean-lined basics, like A-line skirts and sheath dresses, garnered thunderous applause from the show's audience of fashion insiders for whom jaded is the normal etat d'esprit. It was a good day for women looking for fashion-forward workaday chic, between Philo's razor-cut business staples and Stefano Pilati's chic minimalist suits and skits for Yves Saint Laurent. Pilati, another critical darling, continued to prove ... Read Full Story

Phoebe Philo was welcomed back like a prodigal daughter on Monday when she unveiled her debut collection for the luxury label Celine in a packed venue near the Ritz in Paris. The British designer who took the fashion world by surprise when she resigned the top job at Chloe to devote herself to motherhood, does not seem to have lost the sure touch which earned her plaudits there. For next spring-summer she presented clean and unfussy lines using lots of glove-smooth leather in black, ochre and tan for body-hugging short sleeved tops, worn over fluid, wide pants in honey and flesh tones, simple shifts ... Read Full Story