After design assistant posts at Katayone Adeli and helming the contemporary California-based label Development from 2000 to 2004, Phillip Lim debuted his own eponymous line, 3.1 Phillip Lim, in 2004. (3.1 represents 31, his age at the time of the label.s launch.) His clean, refined, and wholly wearable outfits earned the Orange County, Calif., native CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund nomination only one year after launching his collection. The now New York.based designer has since launched menswear, kidswear, accessory lines, and a sunglass line with MODO, and has opened his own freestanding boutique on Mercer Street in SoHo. His many fans include Michelle Williams and Kate Bosworth.
