Phoebe Philo Quotes

When I was deciding whether or not to take the job at Celine, I didn't really look at the history of the house. I had other offers to come back, but they weren't right, or they wouldn't let me stay in London, which was non-negotiable.

I had my daughter, and with that came a deep sense of responsibility; my time for work had become precious, and it had to have more meaning.

Everyone wants new things all the time; shops require so much - there has to be consistency.

I try not to intellectualise what I do.

I don't know whether that comes from having a family - having something very important at home that needed to be protected.

I feel very much that I am a human being, with human limitations, and I need to respect that.

What I love is this idea of a wardrobe, the idea that we're establishing certain signatures and updating them, that a change in colour or fabric is enough.

I want to show my personality through my designs and stay pretty anonymous outside the industry.

To offer women something that feels more about investing in something and less about being disposable is a complete corrective to the world we live in

I never had a massive desire to buy clothes. I liked to customise the clothes I already had or was given when I was younger. If I didn't like them that much, I made them how I wanted them to be.

The older I get, and the more collections I do, the more I'm driven by real style and beauty. My aim is to reveal and not to display women.

It's been a bit tricky trying to establish a 'designer' profile and not a designer-cum-girl-around-town.

Women should have choices, and women should feel good in what they wear.

I wouldn't want to even try to begin to describe our customer, as I think she likes a certain amount of anonymity. I try to offer clothes that allow that. I myself do not like being defined so readily, so I imagine that she is similar?

I just have to be very, very organised.

I'm happy to do interviews from time to time, but I don't find them that necessary - and that hasn't seemed to have affected people's understanding of our work.

Things have to sell, of course, but if I don't want to put bags on the runway, we don't put bags on the runway. I have complete creative control.

My mother used to dress me in quite good-taste clothes, and I really wanted things that were sparkly and spangly and trashy and nasty. I don't know if I ever chose fashion; it was just there in me.

Build a wardrobe rather than focusing on trends.

I'm just not very interested in decoration.

I find mediocrity hard. I find that whole area difficult. I'm a very passionate person; I care very much about what I do. I believe I give it a lot, so it's gotta be good; otherwise, what's the point?

I decided to work on things that obsess women because women can't resist things like lace, sequins, animal prints and python.

I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.