The designer founded the label 20 years ago alongside Wen Zhou, who is staying on as CEO.
It’s surprising enough when a designer steps down from a job. But when one departs from a brand that holds their name—which they built from the ground up—it is a different beast entirely. That might explain the shocked reactions to the news on November 13 that the designer Phillip Lim will leave his post as creative director of 3.1 Phillip Lim, a label he founded 20 years ago.reported the news on Tuesday, sharing a joint statement from Lim and 3.
Like many brands, especially independent ones, 3.1 struggled during the pandemic, but Lim and Zhou made it through, with Lim designing a comfort-focused line of “at-leisure” wear, his answer to ath-leisure. That was also around the time Lim co-founded the House of Slay, a collective made up of “The Slaysians,” Prabal Gurung, Laura Kim, Tina Leung, and other Asian creators in the fashion industry, in an effort to fight back against anti-Asian sentiments.
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