Celine
Designer: Phoebe Philo

• “After last season’s slouchy-chic, Celine’s Phoebe Philo upped the elegance to deliver a beautiful play of lines, but one that lost none of her soft touch.” [AP]
• “On the whole, Celine’s fall offerings volleyed between severely simplistic, straight cuts pieces, and warm and cozy designs, depending on the fabrics they were constructed of.” [The Daily Beast]
• “Philo has extremely refined taste. She’s also a perfectionist. This collection reflected both traits, without looking uptight, so much so that the following items will now set the fashion agenda for the next few seasons: grey felt-wool, A-line tunic dresses with tie-draping …, impeccably cut pale pink wool, flared coats with giant collars and half belts, clutches, with cut out wrist-holes and block heeled pale grey ankle boots.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “It is rare to witness a faultless collection; usually there is something that doesn’t sit right, or didn’t quite work. Not here.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “This was a beautiful show, inspired, if the picture books left on seats were anything to go by, by Flemish Old Master portraiture and lightly cloudy blue skies.” [Grazia Daily]
• “After taking an obtuse turn with her collection last season, which included flat walking sandals lined with brightly coloured teddy bear fur–soon to go on sale for £840 a pair–this collection had the makings of an instant hit.” [The Guardian]
• “A display of wholly gentle clothes, in soft woollen fabrics which seemed almost to cuddle the body.” [The Independent]
• “Seemed like the moment everyone has been waiting for during the winter 2013 season.” [International Herald Tribune]
• “In one way, this has been a season about a top and a bottom, and a great coat. Alexander Wang made that point at Balenciaga. But it took Phoebe Philo to turn basics into high fashion.” [The New York Times]
• “The mood book at the Celine show this season was filled with images of the derrières of marble statues, cumulus clouds and fifteenth and sixteenth century Flemish portraiture. A disparate mix if ever there was one. But damn if Phoebe Philo didn’t find a way to make those starting points come together in a stellar show made for modern women who want effortless attires that will work as hard as they do.” [NOWFASHION]
• “Work, work, work. That seems to be where Phoebe Philo’s head was while designing her Fall 2013 collection for Celine: on how to make it easier for her customers with full-time jobs even fuller lives to get dressed in the morning.” [POPSUGAR Fashion]
• “The designer has also melded a mood of stripped-down, put-together elegance, something of the old Céline woman combined with the new.” [Style.com]
• “In what was certainly one of the most desirable collections of the season, Philo moved away from the now-iconic linear Celine aesthetic (which continues to influence countless less imaginative international runways) and into clothing with a gentle swing of movement or great, rounded volume.” [Vogue.com]
• “It was insanely elegant and very clever.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “A new way to wear a coat, courtesy of Celine.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “Fabulous? And then some.” [WWD]