CHRISTINE PHILIP IS A DESIGNER SPECIALIZING IN HIGH-END COUTURE FASHION AND CUSTOM-MADE FINE JEWELRY. CHRISTINE'S EXTENSIVE TRAVEL HAS AFFORDED HER THE DISTINCTIVE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY STUDY AND ASSIMILATE A WIDE ARRAY OF DESIGN, PATTERNMAKING, AND FABRIC CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES, BUT ALSO IDENTIFY COMMON UNDERLYING SOCIOCULTURAL TRENDS AND INFUSE ELEMENTS OF EACH TO CREATE A CHIC, ALLURING, AND TRULY INNOVATIVE COUTURE TEMPLATE.
CHRISTINE IS A GRADUATE OF EMORY UNIVERSITY AND WENT ON TO RECEIVE FORMAL TRAINING AND AN APPRENTICESHIP WITH A MASTER EUROPEAN COUTURIER WHILE LAUNCHING HER FIRST COUTURE COLLECTION. ALTHOUGH BORN IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAILING FROM A DIVERSE INDIAN, GERMAN, AND PORTUGUESE HERITAGE, CHRISTINE HAS ALSO RESIDED IN MUSCAT, OMAN AND SOUTH INDIA BEFORE TRAVELING TO EUROPE AND THE FAR EAST ON BUSINESS. BASED ON HER TRAVELS AND DRAWING FROM HER MULTIFARIOUS EXPERIENCES, CHRISTINE, ASPIRING TO ADD URBANITY AND MODERN COHERENCE TO A LARGELY UNDERDEVELOPED INDUSTRY SECTOR, SOUGHT TO INTERFACE THE DISCERNING PANACHE AND EXACTING SYMMETRY OF EUROPEAN COUTURE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE UNCOMPROMISING BEAUTY OF THE EXOTIC EAST.
CHRISTINE'S COLLECTIONS ARE UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EFFECTIVE JUXTAPOSITION OF DIVERGENT TRENDS AND ABILITY TO COALESCE STRONG SILHOUETTES, SENSUAL LINES, AND INNATE SOPHISTICATION. HER SUCCESS AS A DESIGNER CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO HER GRANDIOSE DESIGN VISION AND PROFICIENCY IN THE TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION OF CLOTHING, AS WELL AS HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE EUROPEAN COUTURE ATELIERS AND FAMILIARITY WITH THE EXOTIC ELEMENTS OF THE EAST.
