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"Keep it simple, keep it gorgeous!" That's what Phoebe Philo says every time I see her: "Keep it simple, keep it gorgeous!"
The 30-year-old Londoner shuttles constantly back and forth on the Eurostar to Paris, where she designs Chloe. She has three years and six collections under her gilt-edged, bohemian-chic highwayman's belt-and the latest, for fall 2004, is her best yet. She has made Chloe soar in a way it has not soared since the seventies, when Karl Lagerfeld first made the house one of fashion's most-wanted labels.
Under Lagerfeld, Chloe defined French ready-
to-wear for years. Chloe stood for elegance . . . with a difference. And Lagerfeld made it his divining rod to the headiest of careers (at Chanel, Fendi, and Lagerfeld Gallery). Philo, for her part, took the reins quietly, without ado, stepping up from a secondary design slot when her friend Stella McCartney left to create her own label.
In Philo's first months at the helm, if a Vogue editor were to stop by the atelier, they'd find a very polite, well-mannered, and perhaps not-so-confident young English girl obsessed with the French Riviera style of the swinging seventies: the jet-set sleek of Talitha Getty, Bianca Jagger, and Marisa Berenson. (In her first show, Philo chose to riff on a Lagerfeld-for-Chloe suit from the disco days, a great scissor-cut white suit a bit like the one John Travolta wore in Saturday Night Fever. Even Lagerfeld found it admirable.) Today, a Vogue editor dropping by Bergdorf Goodman on an April afternoon to check out Phoebe Philo's first-ever trunk show would encounter a modest woman who has found her confidence-a designer unmistakably come into her own.
BERGDORF BLONDE
"What exactly is a trunk show, anyway?" Philo-just arrived in the States, for a hectic four-day Chloe tour-asked Stylefaxer as she watched quietly from a corner while a swarm of fashion bees droned about with their charge cards. "It's where you can make a season go through the roof!" Stylefaxer replied. "American designers like Oscar de la Renta and Michael Kors swear by them."
- PHILO FACTS: CHLOE INTRODUCES MCCARTNEY'S SUCCESSOR.(Phoebe Philo)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: WWD Socha, Miles April 10, 2001 700+ words
...Jagger or Lennon. But Phoebe Philo, Stella McCartney's successor as the...about the Gucci-backed Stella McCartney line, that will likely...there's enough room for Stella McCartney, for Phoebe Philo, for Nicolas Ghesquiere...
- Phoebe Philo leaves House of Chloe.
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack January 6, 2006 700+ words
LONDON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Fashion designer Phoebe Philo, who succeeded Stella McCartney as creative director of the Paris House of Chloe, has resigned. The 2004 British Designer of the Year cited "family reasons...
- PLAYING PEEKABOO.(Phoebe Philo, designer for Chloe)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: WWD August 8, 2001 700+ words
PARIS -- Now that Stella McCartney's gone, all eyes are focused on Phoebe Philo, who has picked up the design reins at Chloe. With the spring collection for See by Chloe, her first solo venture, she's...
- Phoebe Philo: Vive la moda.(Acentos)
- Newspaper article from: El Norte (México D.F., México) January 29, 2005 700+ words
...causal y sexy en la mujer actual, Phoebe Philo demuestra por qu es la jefa de una...trabajaba como la mano derecha de su amiga Stella McCartney en Chlo, pues Stella, al recibir...de temporada. A detalle - Nombre: Phoebe Philo - Edad: 31 aos - Estudios: Central...
- BIG CHANGE AT CHLOE: PHOEBE PHILO TO QUIT AS BRAND'S DESIGNER.
- Magazine article from: WWD Socha, Miles January 5, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Miles Socha PARIS -- Phoebe Philo's reign at Chloe is over. The designer...joined Chloe in 1997 as part of designer Stella McCartney's creative team. Four years later...after Paris brands. Caption(s): Phoebe Philo / The Chloe team takes a bow for Philo...
- Philo in talks to leave Chloe?(Phoebe Philo may exit as creative director of...
- Magazine article from: WWD Socha, Miles November 22, 2005 700+ words
...Speculation is mounting in Paris that Phoebe Philo may exit as creative director...Chloe in 1997 and worked under Stella McCartney before succeeding her four years...businesses. Caption(s): Phoebe Philo / A look from Chloe's spring...
- Phoebe Philo resigns from post as creative director at Chloe, fashion house...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 5, 2006 700+ words
...Worldstream) Byline: CHISAKI WATANABE British designer Phoebe Philo has resigned as creative director at Chloe to spend more...designer prize at the 2004 British fashion awards, succeeded Stella McCartney as the chief creative mind at Chloe and has been known for...
- FASHION MOMENTS.(Phoebe Philo leaves Chloe S.A.)(Linda Fargo appointed at...
- Magazine article from: WWD December 12, 2006 700+ words
Jan. 5: Phoebe Philo announces she's leaving Chlo to spend more time with her family...amp; Rolf follow on the well-shod heels of Karl Lagerfeld and Stella McCartney, announcing a deal with cheap-and-chic giant H&M...
- Inside Paris Fashion--Phoebe Philo.(artistic director Chloe)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Interview October 1, 2001 700+ words
...congratulations on taking over at Chloe. Are you excited? PHOEBE PHILO: I'm really thrilled. Some days it's really exciting...imagine until you have it. IS: You started working with Stella McCartney when she took over at Chloe, right? Did you have an official...
- PHILO TO FOCUS ON FAMILY.(Phoebe Philo to spend more time with her new born...
- Magazine article from: WWD Socha, Miles January 6, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Miles Socha PARIS -- Phoebe Philo is trading fashion fame for motherhood -- at least for...of London's Central Saint Martins, Philo worked with Stella McCartney at McCartney's own label in London. She moved to Chloe...