Phillip Lim Quotes & Sayings

I swear by the invigorating shampoo and conditioner by Como Shambhala. When you're in need for a quick mental vacation, it does the trick — Phillip Lim

I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California. — Phillip Lim

I have always had a relationship with clothes. — Phillip Lim

Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or a business person. — Phillip Lim

I try to always have flowers in the house. I have a florist in Chinatown, and they deliver orchids every two weeks. I like living with living things. — Phillip Lim

I started in college as a business major and finally transferred to home economics and studied making clothes. — Phillip Lim

Since an early age, I've been intrigued by the idea of design evolution, — Phillip Lim

My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into. — Phillip Lim

You can make jeans and a t-shirt super stylish. It's what you make of it, you know? — Phillip Lim

My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian. — Phillip Lim

When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way. — Phillip Lim

When I say that I'm a businessperson and a dressmaker, it's the truth. I run a business, and I make dresses, I make blouses. — Phillip Lim

I don't have a life where it's galas, posh affairs. It's me, my dog and a sofa. And a TV. — Phillip Lim

I love crazy, gaudy bling. — Phillip Lim

There is a secret hippie within me. — Phillip Lim

I'm not such a public person. — Phillip Lim

Just because you work in the fashion industry, it doesn't mean you live your life in fashion. — Phillip Lim

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 - was at the right time. And, most importantly, you know I love what I do. — Phillip Lim

I'm such a technophobe. — Phillip Lim

I'm really a classicist at heart - with a bit of madness! — Phillip Lim

I always try to appreciate the most fleeting moments. The idea of the acrobats constantly tumbling and trying to adjust - I think that is what we do with aesthetics. It is a cyclical rhythm — Phillip Lim