Phillip Lim — Chinese Designer born on December 30, 1973,

Phillip Lim is an American fashion designer of Chinese descent. Lim co-founded and worked at the Los Angeles-based fashion label Development from 2000 to 2004. In the fall of 2005, he co-founded 3.1 Phillip Lim with friend and business partner Wen Zhou, becoming the company's creative director. Lim has garnered both critical and commercial success with his eponymous line. The Council of Fashion Designers of America awarded Lim the 2007 award for Emerging Talent in Womenswear for his work at 3.1 Phillip Lim. In 2012, he was awarded the Council's Swarovski award for Menswear... (wikipedia)

You can make jeans and a t-shirt super stylish. It's what you make of it, you know?
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.
There is a secret hippie within me.
My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian.
I don't have a life where it's galas, posh affairs. It's me, my dog and a sofa. And a TV.