Phillip Lim Bio Wiki Age Wife 31 Collection and Net Worth
Phillip Lim is an American fashion designer of Chinese descent. He co-founded and worked at the Los Angeles-based fashion label Development from 2000 to 2004. In the fall of 2005, Phillip co-founded 3.1 Phillip with friend and business partner Wen Zhou, becoming the company’s creative representative.
He has received both critical and commercial success with his eponymous line. The Council of Fashion Designers of America awarded Phillip the 2007 award for Emerging Talent in Womenswear for his work at 3.1. In 2012, he was awarded the council’s Swarovski award for Menswear.
Phillip was born on September 16, 1973, in Thailand. He is 49 years old.
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.72 m).
He was born and raised in Thailand by his parents. Phillip’s parents immigrated to the United States from Thailand during the Cambodian genocide. His father is a seamstress and a professional poker player. Phillip holds an American nationality and is of Chinese descent. He has not shared much information about his family with the public.
Phillip is currently in a romantic relationship withIrina Lazareanu. The couple started dating in 2010 and has been going strong together.
Phillip co-founded 3.1 Phillip Lim with friend and business partner Wen Zhou in the fall of 2005. He became the company’s creative representative. It is projected to have sales of US$60 million in 2011. 3.1 is one of a handful of important, fast-growing contemporary brands, with a thriving wholesale business and six own brand stores in New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, London, and Miami.
Phillip’s style has remained unchanged. He told New York Magazine, “I look at pictures of myself when I was 5 years old and I think that, yes, that is exactly what I like.” Phillip was initially backed by a surfwear company to create his first line, Development. However, shifting trends led his backers to cease their financial support.
However, Wen Zhou, 3.1’s chief executive and co-founder, who was running at the time a successful textiles company that supplied Development, had seen Phillip’s designs and “just knew that it was good.”
Phillips’s spring 2007 collection, his first runway show was praised as “lovely” by Nicole Phelps of Vogue, who said he proved himself to be an “accomplished tailor”. The line’s fall 2007 collection was inspired by socialite Edith Bouvier Beale and meant to embody what Lim called “pedigree minus prudence”.
Phillip showed prep-school plaids and debutante-inspired dresses. For his Resort 2008 collection, he revisited his standby motifs. Phillip initiated a collaboration with scientists, including Charlotte McCurdy, to create fashion accessories and materials from algae and other lab-grown materials.
The Council of Fashion Designers of America awarded Phillip the 2007 Award for Emerging Talent in Womenswear. In 2012, he won the Council’s Swarovski Award for Menswear and the Award for Accessories Designer of the Year in 2013.
Women’s collection t Phillip’s 3.1 include:
Origami pleated trousers Everyday scoop-neck tank dress Pashli nano satchel bag six-panel engraved-logo cap Alexa 70mm Chelsea boots high-waisted pleated skirt Nadia block-heel boots semi-sheer fine knit top logo-patch detail T-shirt high-waisted cropped
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Phillip’s estimated net worth is $12.5 million.
Phillip is an American fashion designer of Chinese descent. He co-founded and worked at the Los Angeles-based fashion label Development from 2000 to 2004. In the fall of 2005, Phillip co-founded 3.1 Phillip with friend and business partner Wen Zhou, becoming the company’s creative representative.
