Phoebe Philo - Designer

[FashionFanatico]

I mean, what can I say - I work for a boss right now who retaliated continuous harsh critique from a magazine editor by smearing his dog‘s poo in her face. He‘s largely forgiven for it and didn‘t take any damage to his career after a 1,5 year sabbatical and undergoing a court case. He‘s a generous supporter and a nice person, despite his personal insecurities.

What I‘m trying to say is that in the end of the day, I think creatives should be judged for the most part by their body-of-work - That‘s why I graciously overlook Morrissey‘s horrendous political opinions as well as Galliano and Lars von Trier‘s recorded verbal outbreaks.

This reminds me a lot of the exaggerated news stories about a very famous ballet director and his beloved Dachshund Gustav as the Poo-Pertrator involved...lol

 

[FashioNarrating]

It likely would be lucrative to engage (more) with potential customers, but Phoebe was never big on that - it's known she doesn't care to talk about the collections (I still remember an interview where she said something like I never get it when after a show I get asked "So what was it about?".. Didn't you just see it?!) and if anything, I'd argue she started her own brand partly so that she could do even less of that than she did at Céline. People love emphasizing that she's a working mom and a woman who creates a wardrobe for other women, but don't realise that's literally what she actually does. She was always rather about releasing products than participating in fashion (as) culture, creating narratives, providing food for thought etc. In line with that, it will probably be interesting if she starts doing some kind of presentations and tries to make the brand a tad less distant, but I won't be surprised at all if not because I don't believe she really wants to do that.

 

[PDFSD]

also its ok to just have your own personal experience with the brand and not have her voice over like a personal god guiding you to believe in a 10k coat

 

[fashion is spinach]

Source: purple magazine s/s 2013 issue 19

She listened to Tim Blanks 10 years later.