Phillip Lim

Phillip Lim
Phillip Lim in his spring 2009 collection
Born
Pheng Lim

16 September 1973 (1973-09-16) (age 51)
Thailand
NationalityAmerican
Label3.1 Phillip Lim

Phillip Lim (born Pheng Lim; September 16, 1973[1]) is an American fashion designer. Lim is of Chinese descent whose parents immigrated to the United States from Cambodia during the Cambodian genocide.[2][3] Lim co-founded and worked at the Los Angeles-based fashion label Development from 2000 to 2004. In the fall of 2005, he co-founded 3.1 Phillip Lim with friend and business partner Wen Zhou, becoming the company's creative representative.

Lim has garnered both critical and commercial success with his eponymous line. The Council of Fashion Designers of America awarded Lim the 2007 award for Emerging Talent in Womenswear for his work at 3.1 Phillip Lim.[4] In 2012, he was awarded the council's Swarovski award for Menswear.[5]

  1. ^ "Phillip Lim". Voguepedia. Vogue. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  2. ^ Bee-Shyuan Chang (September 14, 2011). "Phillip Lim: "We Live By The Dress, We Die By The Dress"". Mansueto Ventures. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Amy Larocca. "Mr. In-Between". New York magazine. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  4. ^ Jane Keltner. "Designer Bio: Phillip". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  5. ^ "CFDA 2-12 Awards". CFDA. Retrieved 2012-12-29.