During her 10-year tenure at Céline, Phoebe Philo turned the brand into one beloved by women—especially the women of Vogue. Her idiosyncratically elegant pieces were a mainstay in the magazine, photographed on the likes of Karlie Kloss, Imaan Hammam, and Grace Hartzel by David Sims, Ethan James Green, Craig McDean, and Karim Sadli. Studying the decade’s worth of images, what’s remarkable about Philo’s work for the LVMH-owned house is its ability to span categories. For every sumptuous wool coat photographed outside in the golden light, there was a swingy stretch-knit dress shot in motion, a sexy slip in close portrait, or an artful accessory still life. Philo’s Céline was a favorite of celebrities, too, appearing on Cate Blanchett on Vogue’s January 2014 cover and again on Lupita Nyong’o in the magazine’s January 2018 edition.
