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Article: Who is Phillip Lim?
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 2, 2008
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Yesterday Samantha Cameron shone at the Conservative party
conference in a green silk [pounds]435 dress by Phillip Lim, the
Chinese-American who has become every fashion editor's favourite
designer
THE surprise wasn't that Samantha Cameron looked effortless in
her half-sleeve silk shift dress yesterday.
What impressed was that her chosen designer was the Chinese-
American Phillip Lim. Under pressure to f ly the British f lag, like
Sarah Brown did in Jaeger last week, Cameron proved to be her own
stylist and went for a sell-out dress that flattered designed by a
man who has become every fashion editor's favourite.
The story of Lim's phenomenal rise is almost as interesting as
the designs ...