Philippa Lindenthal Explained

Philippa Lindenthal (born March 1, 1976 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German fashion designer.[1] and professor[2] in New York City.[3]

Early life and education

Lindenthal grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Schwanheim and received her high school diploma in 1995 from the Schillerschule in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen. Between high school and university, she completed a two and a half year tailoring apprenticeship with Salon Elise Topell, an haute couture design studio in Wiesbaden.[4] While at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, she was invited to Tokyo as a finalist in the Onward Kashiyama Fashion Grand Prix.[5] She graduated in 2003 with a diploma (equivalent to a BFA degree) in fashion design.

With honors and a grant from the Karl-Heinz Ditze Foundation and two full-time scholarships from the Carl Duisberg Society (now inWent Society) and the German Academic Exchange Service, she studied in London at the renowned Royal College of Art and in 2005 received a Master of Fine Arts in Fashion Womenswear.[6] The same year, she was a finalist for a design competition by United Arrows.[7]

Career

Established in 2005, her fashion design label philippa lindenthal has included[8] womenswear,[9] knitwear[10] and menswear.[11] Her collections[12] have been shown at Berlin Fashion Week,[13] Düsseldorf Fashion Week,[14] and Paris Fashion Week. She represented Hamburg[15] [16] in the European Capital of Culture, Marseille fashion show.

She has extensive experience as a designer for DKNY, Jil Sander, Moschino and Rene Lezard.[17] She has also taught internationally at various institutions, including for FIT at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Hangzhou,[18] and at ESMOD Berlin, aid Berlin, Akademie Mode Design Hamburg,[19] JAK Hamburg and HAW Hamburg.[20] Since 2015 she has been a professor of fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology[21] in New York City[22]

Trivia

Another Lindenthal who came from the region of her ancestors was Gustav Lindenthal, who designed the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Philippa Lindenthal . Not Just A Label . 28 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Faculty Profile - Philippa Lindenthal . Future of Fashion . 28 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Faculty Profile - Philippa Lindenthal . Future of Fashion . 14 May 2021 . 28 March 2024.
  4. Web site: Elise Topell Haute Couture . 8 April 2024.
  5. Web site: Onward Kashiyama Fashion Grand Prix . LinkedIn . 23 April 2024.
  6. Web site: Royal College of Art MA Fashion Show 2005 . Fashion capital . 13 June 2005 . 29 March 2024.
  7. Web site: Faculty Profile - Philippa Lindenthal . Future of Fashion . 8 April 2024.
  8. Web site: Philippa Lindenthal . designxport . 25 November 2010 . 8 April 2024.
  9. Web site: Altrock . Vera . Hamburgs Modewoche im Stilwerk . Hamburger Abendblatt. 3 December 2010 .
  10. Book: Igelbrink . Jörg . Perceived Brand Localness . 2020 . Springer Gabler . Wiesbaden . 978-3-658-28766-5 . 87.
  11. Web site: Naturburschen im Büro . manager magazin . 3 September 2012 . 28 March 2024.
  12. Web site: Altrock . Vera . Lässige Eleganz . 8 January 2011 . Hamburger Abendblatt.
  13. Web site: Beck's Fashion Experience in Berlin . Fashion United . 4 December 2003 . 29 March 2024.
  14. Web site: Fashion Net Night: Gäste feiern zu Mark Ronson . Rheinische Post . 6 February 2011 . 28 March 2024.
  15. Web site: Wool school 2013 - dynamic heritage . THE CAMPAIGN FOR WOOL, Patron: The former Prince of Wales . 29 March 2024.
  16. Web site: Mode von Philippa Lindenthal . Hamburger Abendblatt . 3 December 2010 . 28 March 2024.
  17. Web site: Faculty Profile - Philippa Lindenthal . FIT - Future of Fashion . 8 April 2024.
  18. Web site: Philippa Lindenthal - Faculty Profile . Future of Fashion . 8 May 2024.
  19. Web site: Ratter . Christopher . Wenn der Anzugträger zum Holzfällerhemd greift . WELT . 21 August 2017 . 28 March 2024.
  20. Web site: Einladung zur Jahresausstellung mit Modenschau, Filmfest und Games-Präsentation an der Fakultät Design, Medien Information . HAW Hamburg . 28 March 2024.
  21. Web site: PHILIPPA LINDENTHAL FDGA 2016 . FITNYC . 28 March 2024.
  22. Web site: Philippa Lindenthal . institutional repository . 8 April 2024.