"Luhlobo lwe-autobiographical," utshilo uPhillip Lim malunga noluhlu lwakhe lwasentwasahlobo, eyibiza ngokuba "yinguqulelo yakhe yaseMelika entsha."
“Bendidlala ngombono womnombo wakudala wegazi eliluhlaza, iiklabhu ze-Ivy League zeembaleki kunye neeyunifomu zomkhosi,” ucacisile umva phambi komdlalo, ojike waba ngumbhiyozo womoya we-chic yezemidlalo.
U-Lim uhlolisise zonke iibhokisi zexesha lonyaka: i-silhouettes e-slouchy, i-vesti engenamikhono kunye neebhatyi eziluncedo, ukubetha ekhaya umfanekiso wedandy entsha yaseMelika.
Iihempe ezibukekayo ezinkulu zithathe indawo yeebhatyi eziqhelekileyo zohlobo olutsha lwesuti. Umyili uphinde wathatha amanani eembaleki anesifuba esiphindwe kabini, ewanikezela kwimigca yebhanki yemveli. IPjama ijongeka kwimathiriyeli yesilika yaziva inobunewunewu kwaye ilungele isitrato ngaxeshanye, ngelixa iimpahla zangaphandle ezineepokotho ezininzi zifumene uhlaziyo ngoshicilelo lwebhotani.
Kuyo yonke loo nto, umyili wahamba umgca phakathi kokupholileyo kunye nobuhle kunye ne-bravado, ebonakaliswe ngoluhlu lwakhe oluphezulu, ibhulukhwe ye-boxy, eneebhanti zengubo efanayo.