In 2010 fashion history was made when British designer Phoebe Philo made her debut as Creative Director at the Parisienne house of Céline. Her head turning combination of precise lines juxtaposed with fluid shapes, rendered in a rigid colour palette of neutrals, re-wrote the fashion codes for the decade to follow. During her tenure, Philo maintained her reign as the queen of contemporary minimalism, until her shock departure from the industry left her fans (aka Philophiles) devastated. 2019 saw Hedi Slimane take over the tenure of the brand, re-imagining the house with his signature French retro meets luxe grunge aesthetic.
