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DIVI-PEDIA 2005 - 2010 DIVI-PEDIA 1973 - 2004
Featuring yours & my favourite // FASHION DESIGNER
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3.1
PHILLIP
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“3.1 IS ABOUT CLOTHES THAT REFINE INSTEAD OF DEFINE. A REFINEMENT THAT’S A BIT CLASSIC IN ATTITUDE, BUT IMPARTS A SENSE OF INDIVIDUAL STYLE, WITHOUT LOOKING OR FEELING FORCED. CONFIDENT, CHIC, AND MOST OF ALL, EFFORTLESS.” —— PHILLIP LIM
INTERVIEW WITH LIM
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REVIEW ON 3.1 COLLECTIONS
SS14 DIRECTIONS
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2005 THE START OF 3.1
February Debuts 3.1 Phillip Lim with a collection for fall.
“I’m really a classicist at heart—with a bit of madness!” Phillip Lim told DIVISION. Lim hit the scene in a big way in 2005, turning the contemporary mark on its head with his special brand of quirky cool. In the space of only a few years he racked up award after award, winning kudos as quickly as he spun off secondary lines (from swimwear to kids’ clothes, from lingerie to eyewear).
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September Develops an accessories line when he can’t find the right accoutrements when shooting his spring look book.
THE START OF 3.1
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October Gets his first Vogue credit when a denim jacket and pants are featured in “A Woman of Paris.”
Have you ever wondered how LIM set his route since young till who he is today? Follow DIVI-PEDIA on his timeline on how he started his design and fashion sense at a young age and how he then intrude into the fashion scene without a name but being able to carve a brand and name based on his own true ability that DIVISION admires the most.
THE START OF 3.1
February Inspired by a National Geographic program on the Arctic, launches an organic line, Go Green Go by Phillip Lim.
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March Also new is mens- and childrenswear.
Phillip Lim was born in Asia, Thailand, and the youngest out of six children. The family immigrates to California via Cambodia the same year.
While in school, he works at Barneys in Beverly Hills as, he later says, “a retail slave to pay off my clothing habit.”
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Lim launched Development in with Andy Crane. The first collection; “six figures’ worth of orders.
Becomes design assistant at Katayone Adeli’s firm only to “whisked off on a trip to Paris,”. Lim also designed for Paul Frank Industries.
HIS PERSONAL LIFE
HIS PERSONAL LIFE HIS PERSONAL LIFE
HIS PERSONAL LIFE
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Left Development, and was unemployed for only 24 hours until he received a call from his friend and soon-to-be business partner Wen Zhou, who flew Lim to New York. When he arrived, the two 31-year-olds decided to establish 3.1 Phillip Lim.
September For spring 2007, 3.1 showed a white T-shirt festooned with rosettes handmade by artist, Koi Suwannagate; which eventually sold more than 3,000 pieces.
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June Actress Keira Knightley wears his sand-colored shirtdress on the African savannah for Vogue’s “The Chronicles of Keira” cover story. He received the CFDA Swarovski Award for Womenswear.
January Anna Wintour writes that he “has revolutionized what the fashion business knows as ‘contemporary clothes’; i.e., clothes that are designer but don’t break the bank.” The magazine calls his childrenswear line, Kid by Phillip Lim, irresistible. February Lim’s breakthrough moment? “My Spring 2007 collection,” he tells DIVISION. ”I did my first runway show; it was all white and moving.”
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July Opens a 3.1 Phillip Lim flagship on Mercer Street in New York. September Debuts an eyewear collaboration with Modo at the spring show, alongside a collaborative line for Birkenstock Tatami. “I’ve always been obsessed with them,” Lim says of the iconic sandals. “There is a secret hippie within me.”
2010 THE START OF 3.1
February Invited to present SS11 collection at Dongbianmen watch tower of the Forbidden City Wall, Beijing in celebration of the brand’s 5th year anniversary.
THE START OF 3.1
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Design and fashion sense had been inculcated in him in just these short span of 18 years where most of the teenagers are still enjoying and playing their time away.
Just 2 years after designing for an industry brand and Lim daringly take off his design talent and input them into a brand of his own. Despite a new brand introduced, churning the quantity of orders shows how talented he is.
The real deal began here where 3.1 is introduced. Follow on as to how this brand develops more lines in the scene, which won hearts of more audiences.
November Norman Jean Roy photographs “Life of the Party” Lim with a bunch of arty actor and musician friends at Lower East Side vaudeville club the Box for Vogue’s “Starter for Ten” portfolio. The designer is a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund runnerup. Howard Socol of Barneys New York becomes his mentor.
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November 5th opening store, in Singapore.
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3.1
STAGING THE LO O K W I T H PHILLIP LIM His classy, cool, pragmatic style and promise of affordable luxury has shaken up the New York fashion scene. It’s also seen him join a wave of Asian-American designers climbing the fashion ladder. This year, his label is expecting to rake in a cool $60 million. It ’s no surprise, then, that “Fortune Magazine” now considers him one of the top 40 young business people of 2010.
So, how do you view your position, then, on the global fashion stage?
You are ethnically Chinese, born in Thailand?
I am just a student -- taking it all in and, you know, taking notes and doing my homework. And, you know, I think, if we think about five years in human term, we're just toddlers, you know. And we're grateful to be in this position, but at the same time, every year, every moment is a learning experience.
Yes. I am born in Thailand to pure Chinese parents. I moved as a baby with his family to California’s Orange County and grew up in typical suburban mode, hanging out at the mall and playing tennis.
Fashion victims. No. You know, I think people are asking me "what is the secret?" And the secret is, there is no secret. You know, for myself, my personal journey has been a very fortunate one and I would say to people it's like the stars lined up and the skies opened up and the sun shined and I met the right people. And, most importantly, you know I love what I do. Hence I would never feel bored about my work neither will I dreas the whole process of it. I enjoy every moment.
No. Until recently, actually. I think three years ago at Los Angeles Times, they wanted to do a Mothers' Day article and it was the editor, Booth Moore -- I was telling her -- she was asking me about my upbringing and I was like, you know my mother was a seamstress and she worked in factories, and she was like, "Wow, do you mind if we do a Mothers' Day article on her?" They sent a crew to her house in, you know, Orange County, where it all began and, you know, she started to kind of go into the history of just escaping the wars and the refugees and having all the kids on a canoe. Just getting them to safety and the whole room was in tears because I never knew what it took for me to have this opportunity. And now it's payback, I guess, you know? My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian.
Photographed by Taylor Jewell Fashion Editor: Sara Moonves
How have you managed it, though, when so many others have fallen by the wayside?
When you were young, your parents took you to Cambodia until the war broke out there. Have they told you much about that time?
When you come back to Asia, does it stir something in you? It's so emotional, you know? I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California. And, you know, I grew up in a duality where day was Western culture and then at night, it was completely Eastern culture and I grew up fighting my Eastern heritage -- my Chinese side. And, as I get older, I have this innate yearning to, you know, just realize my roots and get deeper in touch with it. And, you know, every time I come to Asia, I'm just inspired, in awe, and just -- I feel at home.
So, being here in Asia and doing the show in Beijing -- it's a huge, huge honor. Not only professionally, but personally. Because she's also never been to any of my fashion shows.
That's amazing. How has she never been? You know, I think it comes back to that Asian cultural aspect where you're never good enough. You know what I mean? It's like an "A" is not good enough, you have to be an "A+" and I've never felt ready to receive her and she is from China, so the best first chance is to bring her back to where she came from and realize that -- look what your hands did.
When the family fled Cambodia, you ended in U.S. What was the allure of America? I think, as with any immigrants, you know, it's the possibilities and, you know, you come here and maybe you can make something of yourself, you know? I'd never take anything for granted. It's really taught me that point -- that value.
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A continuation of the previous page --- an interview with featured Fashion Designer, Phillip Lim. DIVISION provides you with an up to date quieries with him, from his personal background to the current collection debut.
RESORT 2014
HANDBAGS
LIM’S DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
D Here, we asked Lim about his collections. Having so many different lines, what was he focusing on and the different directions that he planned for each line. How did he make the lines so attractive in their ways yet still looking a wholesome brand, 3.1 PHILLIP LIM.
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It’s not just about her looking pretty and singing,” Lim says. “It’s about the moments of unplanned magic, making the pieces tell a story.” When worn onstage, the clothes exist purely in the context of the story of the music; thinking of the pieces in this realm makes everyone in the
STEPHANIE LIM of DIVISION brings you through.
showroom see the collection in a new light, removed from the runway-to-sales cycle. “It’s not just getting dressed for a performance,” Lim says. “Her life is a performance, so the clothes go so far beyond season to market.” His brand cannily bridged the gap between disposable fast fashion and high fashion at
There’s something of the outsider about Lim. In a world of celebrity designers with a highly prolific online presences, Lim is very quiet. “I came to this industry as a loner, and I still work that way,” he says. “The design process is super-personal, super-lonely and super-introspective.” That’s not to say he’s unaware of the importance of connecting with his audience. “Design is communication,” he says. “If I want to have a dialogue with people, I have to get out there through commerce. Without it, creativity just goes in circles.” Lim doesn’t enjoy showing his collections, but does understand the necessity of it. “I’m a very private person. I grew up not worrying about what people think, and now I put it out there and ask people to judge it. How crazy is that?” It’s tempting to try to divine the secret of Lim’s success. But he’s cool precisely because he never tries to be. He’s just a genuine guy with a genuine proposition in design. He isn’t trying to be anything other than what he is. “People ask me what my style is,” he says. “But
I think, what do I need a ‘style’ for? Just be yourself, be your own style. I just love clothes. It’s that simple.”
high prices. “You should be able to have it all,” Lim says. “Everyone should. My product is very democratic. The best design is when you don’t even know it’s there,” he says. “It makes all the difference. It’s harmony.”
To define 3.1 Phillip Lim is tricky. It’s all about an attitude. It’s intelligent clothes for intelligent people; modern clothes for people on the go who don’t have time to change three times a day.
--- The following page will be a snap review of 3.1’s different sorts of line, given by stylist GENEVIEVE from DIVISION.
HANG THEM ON YOUR HANDS TO FEEL THEM.
Phillip Lim is an accessory star. The label's runway show in New York is a hot ticket, but we have to admit --- our eyes are typically downcast, checking out the bags walking down the catwalk.
SS 2014
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FOOTWEAR
PEOPLE WILL STARE AT YOU. LADIES FEEL OH! SO SEXY EVEN IN THE SIMPLEST OUTFIT.
LOOK AT YOU, STRUTTING YOUR STUFF.
And it’s no surprise that editors were filling up their carts at the press sale for his anticipated new collection for Target which launches this weekend, and is bound to be a sell-out success. Clearly, pinpointing essential pieces in a working wardrobe comes as second nature to Lim.
We gave 3.1’s footwear a 5 star rating with strappy sandal that gives a serious sidewalk appeal. The features this season are crisscrossed leather straps fastened with bold buckles. For comfort, it definitely rates a 4.5 out of 5.
WHY WOMEN LOVES LIM.
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MENSWEAR
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EYEWEAR
YOUR FEET WILL THANK US. MEN SHOULD OWN AT LEAST A 3.1 TOP.
Highlighting the designer’s checkered button-downs, graphic tees, floral shirts and perforated pullovers, the series displays the brand through crystal-clear lens. BODIES WILL LOOK SO MACHO.
HOT STUFF THAT ENHANCE YOUR LOOKS.
These sporty striped frames are lightweight that it does not hinder your movements. You will feel as light as these shades are. STAY IN THE SHADE.
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E a s y t o w e a r, cutting-edge and young at heart --- 3.1 Phillip Lim embodies the cool-girl / cool-guy aesthetic. First launched in 2005 to instant acclaim, the brand updates classic silhouettes with daring, trend-right twists.
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Phillip Lim is providing beautiful everyday classics accented with a sense of madness. The result - COOL, EASY, CHIC looks for men and women that embody youthful elegance and personal style. The company’s vanguard vision of designer clothing, accessories, and footwear at a contemporary price point opened up the once dormant entry – level designer market. 3.1 Phillip lim has established itself as a respected business model and is seen as a pioneering force in the industry.
Today it is not at all difficult to spot the brand’s presence as it is available in over 400 boutiques and department stores across 50 countries, with flagship stores in New York, Los Angeles, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong.
“3.1 IS ABOUT CLOTHES THAT REFINE INSTEAD OF DEFINE. A REFINEMENT THAT’S A BIT CLASSIC IN ATTITUDE, BUT IMPARTS A SENSE OF INDIVIDUAL STYLE, WITHOUT LOOKING OR FEELING FORCED. CONFIDENT, CHIC, AND MOST OF ALL, EFFORTLESS.”
Ultimately though, Lim didn’t lose sight of the practical concerns of his urban stomping ground, and monk-strap loafers and geode-studded hiking sandals were just the kind of comfortably chic shoes you want to wear in a concrete jungle. For 3.1’s footwear, they take on a lighter take on a classic loafer. Team of designers take the care and concern to give a twist to an ordinary cut and style. The featured open toe loafer clearly displays the thought given to it. The open toe and clear PVC top panel to contrast against solid calf leather. It is a heavy duty lug sole which means they are ure to keep up with you, wherever the road leads, evolve.
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ACCESSORIES OVERVIEW
“Sometimes, you don’t need something crazy-flamboyant. Just one bit of shine, or some architectural aspect to it, to where it catches light.” LIM’s neat parcel-like carryalls were a good reminder of his knack with accessories and the utilitarian attitude that’s been cropping up all week. A tote that says “Amaze” speaks to us for reasons which are fairly clear if you follow Lim’s Twitter. 3.1 Phillip Lim’s poke at the millennial short form is sure to make it to the top of must-have lists everywhere.
“IT IS JUST SO CLASSIC TO OWN ONE OF 3.1’S COLLECTION OF BAGS. --- I CAN SIMPLY PAIR IT OFF LOOKING SLEEK, CLASSIC, CASUAL AND EVEN DRESSED DOWN. WHAT IS MORE WORTH THAN SUCH DESIGNS LIKE THAT?” BY JENNIFER HUDSON, musical artist.
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WHAT ABOUT THREE.ONE’s ACCESSORIES?
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BLACK GEODE EMBROIDERED --Jacquard long sleeve top
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“It’s all about the eyebrows,” said Francelle Daly backstage at 3.1 Phillip Lim Fall 2014. Daly ditched the liner and the shadow, opting for two clean coats of mascara, and intensified the models’ brows with NARS powders.
BLACK GEODE EMBROIDERED --Skirt
“It’s a nod to Siouxie and the Banshees. Very Eighties.” Hairstylist Paul Hanlon kept the Eighties theme going, referencing Bryan Ferry with sporty do’s that were styled with ---count ‘em—five Moroccanoil products, starting with their Volumizing Mousse and finishing with their Luminous Hairspray. “The oil in these products makes the hair so flexible, I can reshape it if I need to,” Hanlon said.
Visual impressions of Mother Nature were woven into the fabric of the clothes, with geode formations embroidered along the body of bomber jackets and sweaters in watery shades of blue. Lim repeated this contrast in every other parts of the outfit. From blue to black and even a tinge of golden-yellow. Not only did the forma
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POSTAPOCALYPTIC TERRAIN “It was about trying to find some stable ground in the turmoil of our ecosystems,” ---LIM
by Katherine Bernard Fashion Editor: Sara Moonves Photographed by Taylor Jewell
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ith global warming wrecking havoc on the seasons, the big threat of major changes that looms larger than ever over New York City. Designer Phillip Lim had these turbulent forces in his mind’s eye for his new 3.1 Phillip Lim collection, drawing inspiration from the brutal beauty of the planet’s rawest landscapes—covered entirely in rock salt crystals, the runway itself was reminiscent of a postapocalyptic terrain. Hence the collection look so futuristic and edgy.
One suede vest shimmered with a green glaze like a sheet of oxidized metal, and bleached denim motorcycle jackets had the appearance of sun-scorched earth. The elemental feeling continued through the silhouette of the collection and A-line skirts and dresses provided a clean and simple baseline.
TOP IMAGES --Backstage scene before the runway began. LEFT IMAGE --Swatches of LIM’S chosen fabrcs for SS14
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Think what the attention of a calming presence might do --- an accidental tourist wandering into a strange, wonderous land.
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e didn't realize he had a meeting—on his surfboard,” Lim said. “That's the new wave.”
Phillip Lim's muse of the season was the
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e's a traveler, a surfer, a hoarder, and a mixer, who is piling on his inspirations out of context and out of order. "Nothing that should go together," is how Lim summed up the look, "but what holds it together is the boys' good form." Lim's surfers were precariously balanced between WORK and PLAY, this climate and that. When a collection strives for eclecticism, it's hard to fault it for being eclectic. Lim's dizzy mix was unquestionably that.
A few among the many, many different menswear proposals here: head wraps Lim was calling "boo rags," snap-off "stripper pants," oversize beach bags with special towel holders, jelly sandals, kimono sleeves, Perfecto leather vests embossed with an oily glitter. Some inevitably seemed more credible than others.
It opened with a series of buffalo-print pieces mixed with cracked, fringed leather, then worked through Baja stripes and solid colors to arrive at the Hawaiian florals that have, for whatever odd reason, become one of the touch points of the entire season. Nothing was off the table. Lim imagined his explorers mixing gift shop items with treasures from home, their tropical journeys bridging work and play. He fiddled with the shoulder zipper of a neoprene scuba top. "PLAY," he intoned when the zip was down, "and WORK," once he'd pulled it up.
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