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Phoebe Philo

Founder & Artistic Director, Phoebe Philo

The London-based star designer transformed the once sleepy bourgeois label Celine into a much-copied global fashion force. In 2023, she launched an eponymous, direct-to-consumer start-up backed by Celine owner LVMH.

Phoebe Philo
Technology

The Digital Iceberg

Fashion brands are adapting their marketing strategies for a digital reality that goes far deeper than online sales.

Technology

The Digital Iceberg

Fashion brands are adapting their marketing strategies for a digital reality that goes far deeper than online sales.


News & Analysis

The Risks of Changing Creative Directors

Changing the guard at the creative helm of a major fashion house is capital-intensive but can reap great rewards. What’s at stake when fashion houses cycle through designers?

News & Analysis

The Risks of Changing Creative Directors

Changing the guard at the creative helm of a major fashion house is capital-intensive but can reap great rewards. What’s at stake when fashion houses cycle through designers?


Marketing

Top 10 Campaigns of the Season

This season, a CGI gaming goddess takes on the three original Supers and the East African savanna vies with the Berlin skyline for best backdrop. BoF brings you the Top 10 campaigns of the season.

Marketing

Top 10 Campaigns of the Season

This season, a CGI gaming goddess takes on the three original Supers and the East African savanna vies with the Berlin skyline for best backdrop. BoF brings you the Top 10 campaigns of the season.


Fashion Week

At Edun, Plastic Fantastic

Designer Danielle Sherman offers tactility in her wares

Fashion Week

At Edun, Plastic Fantastic

Designer Danielle Sherman offers tactility in her wares


Fashion Week

When in Paris, Choose Your Tribe

From Rick Owens to Yohji Yamamoto and Céline to Miu Miu, fashion, right here, right now, is all about tribes and gangs, observes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

When in Paris, Choose Your Tribe

From Rick Owens to Yohji Yamamoto and Céline to Miu Miu, fashion, right here, right now, is all about tribes and gangs, observes Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

Where Phoebe's At

The new Céline collection was more straightforward than anything Phoebe Philo has shown in recent seasons, providing breathing space for one of fashion's biggest influencers.

Fashion Week

Where Phoebe's At

The new Céline collection was more straightforward than anything Phoebe Philo has shown in recent seasons, providing breathing space for one of fashion's biggest influencers.


News & Analysis

Introducing The BoF 500

Today we unveil the third annual #BoF500, featuring the most influential people shaping the global fashion industry in 2015.

News & Analysis

Introducing The BoF 500

Today we unveil the third annual #BoF500, featuring the most influential people shaping the global fashion industry in 2015.


Fashion Week

At New York Fashion Week, a Zest for Appropriation

Fighting the age of appropriation is pointless, but what we need is a better sense of history and more freedom of thought, says Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

At New York Fashion Week, a Zest for Appropriation

Fighting the age of appropriation is pointless, but what we need is a better sense of history and more freedom of thought, says Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

The Shifting Jigsaw Puzzle of Fashion Week Schedules

This season, all four fashion capitals will see brands from Givenchy and Pucci to Chloé and The Row moving their slots. Why the big change around?

Fashion Week

The Shifting Jigsaw Puzzle of Fashion Week Schedules

This season, all four fashion capitals will see brands from Givenchy and Pucci to Chloé and The Row moving their slots. Why the big change around?


News & Analysis

Top 10 Campaigns A/W 2015: A Season of New Faces

The top campaigns of the Autumn/Winter 2015 season featured under-the-radar models, rather than high-wattage celebrities and supermodels.

News & Analysis

Top 10 Campaigns A/W 2015: A Season of New Faces

The top campaigns of the Autumn/Winter 2015 season featured under-the-radar models, rather than high-wattage celebrities and supermodels.


What is The BoF 500?

The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.

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