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.

 

[Phuel]

What's wilder to me is those who are absolute a******es behind closed doors but have a great public image. Even within the industry... If only some knew

LOL I always thought that goes without saying… But apparently many do buy into the carefully rehearsed, practiced and I guess perfectly groomed cheap-wolf-in-sheep’s persona that many in the industry have cultivated. Lucky for then, I guess. Of course, in my neck of the woods, even the ones convinced that they’re somebodies are really nobodies on the global scale. And their cheapness just seeps through so naturally that they’ve prepared me to never be starstruck— when I do come across an actual star, or an actual talent, or an actual somebody. I’ve learned very early on that I’m content being a confident nobody with very high standards.

And as talented, and inspirational as some in this industry are, I’d watch my back with all of them. As much as I may not care for her, Phoebe is talented— just not as talented as her stans are convinced that she is. And just like Stella, she always gave off a stench of overhyped mean girl casting her spell over her minions in her wake. But tell that to her stans that are convinced that she invented the air that they breathe…

All the Phoebe stans better be thanking the fashion gods that she hasn't taken to presentations and campaigns. Imagine how much more that coat will be when she needs to recoup all her money spent on the perpetual horse and pony show. She’s the only working bluechip name that’s letting her designs do all the work (…if only more names would be so bold. I’ll give her that.)