The end of an era is certainly upon us. In an unfortunate twist of fate, Phoebe Philo’s spring/summer 2018 runway collection for Céline, the LVMH-owned French house that she single-handedly built into one of contemporary fashion’s most coveted brands, turned out to be the powerhouse designer’s final bow. After nearly ten years at the helm and countless iconic collections later, it was time for the British designer to bid adieu to her role as creative director. In true Philo style, she presented a finale collection of restrained greatness, tapping into the codes of the house that she has worked feverishly on developing over the years; oversized tailoring, statement separates, layering, texture, retro patterns and pops of unexpected color. With Céline’s future creative director Hedi Slimane waiting in the wings, one can only hope he doesn’t entirely abolish the brand's understated elegance that has come to define Philo’s Céline woman.
![Celine ss 2018 muse board](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/1In9wc7d20KoCIuECUWKOO/efa0fb834affe59c2e0d82cf0693ae41/Celine_SS_2018_Muse_Board.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
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Louise Bourgeois
Photographed in her studio in the Chelsea, Manhattan, 1982
![481626847](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/4zrtnKFchasm2oGmQG0kaK/00fb1381f26a4ec5d3818d06d29ab68f/481626847.jpg)
Alexander Calder
Tie Made for Marcel Duchamp, 1940
![Tie made by calder for marcel duchamp 1940](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/rl8lhlTcvmEUsycioA4qc/f654f15fe41cdf852f1eb5505f3a1b7e/Tie_Made_by_Calder_for_Marcel_Duchamp__1940.png)
Sophie Taeuber Arp
Hand Puppet
![Hand puppet by sophie taeuber arp](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/D5cROqktxe8QOAq2igCmA/7f9d18ec7906ce8c5be2658aa38a244f/Hand_Puppet_by_Sophie_Taeuber_Arp.jpg)
John Hejduk
Wall House II, 1973
![John hejduk gili merin wall house ii 1](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/2WcdoRnFugsGueUa6iYyoW/71eb97e935f90aea396333cc7d0a87dd/john-hejduk-gili-merin-wall-house-ii-1.jpg)
Richard Diebenkorn
Ocean Park No. 27, 1970
![Richard diebenkorn ocean park no. 27 1970](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3uJuY6YqaQgOeoOyY0q86O/4fc5f054eb8c31e2a8cb6e7f55e55429/Richard_Diebenkorn__Ocean_Park_No._27__1970.jpg)
Le Corbusier
With enamelled door panels for Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp, France, 1955
Frank Lloyd Wright
The Drafting Studio Inside Taliesin West, Wisconsin
![90](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3nw56Q8x1KCUAwImyUAUq0/cc3217dfb71bcbaecb6952a6b975c899/90.jpeg)
Marianne Brandt
Napkin Holders, 1930-32
![116 2 design and decoration the alan moss collection october 2014 marianne brandt napkin holders collection of seven wright](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3YLcuF255SWAqOYqOAIUSM/9bf1a189ec0afce5b10a41ddae4ee43c/116_2_design_and_decoration_the_alan_moss_collection_october_2014_marianne_brandt_napkin_holders_collection_of_seven__wright.jpg)
Le Corbusier
Mural in Drawing Room at Villa E-1027, April, 1938
Agnes Martin
Little Sister, 1962
![Agnes martin little sister 1962](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5H5abDfJzaIcaaIcwyiSCY/982a9c96415a343dd2622ecc5572ac07/Agnes_Martin__Little_Sister__1962.jpg)
Agnes Martin
Untitled #5, 1998
![Agnes martin untitled 5 1998](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/1yNmw8FKo44cWW66WueUsK/d0a1434e687d2fb1c10210a9d2b3b62b/Agnes_Martin_Untitled__5__1998.jpg)
Sonia Delaunay
Textile Design
![Sonia delaunay a page from her sketchbook textile design](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/7AFuaWhIruiycMsco2scAU/6aa3efbcdbdcd2e26c4ed475bc4ae4df/Sonia_Delaunay__a_page_from_her_sketchbook__textile_design.jpg)
Harper's Bazaar
June, 1961
![C675187f23084617d885e90573ed637e vintage magazines art director](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/70CSmoKV6oOwkYqIYcQAS/ed7f8157f4814ac1491b45f2d9baaa2e/c675187f23084617d885e90573ed637e--vintage-magazines-art-director.jpg)
Esquire, June 1955
Cover Illustration by Henry Wolf
![Esquire the magazine for men june 1955 cover illustration by henry wolf](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5UUzgXL7d64WUMIKcayYsA/893f29f1138e66a81593a7a91f7ea47e/Esquire_-_the_magazine_for_men__June_1955__Cover_illustration_by_Henry_Wolf_.jpg)
Louise Bourgeois
Photographed in her studio in the Chelsea, Manhattan, 1982
![French american artist and sculptor louise bourgeois photographed in her studio in the chelsea](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3AGDw4mpEkSeA8mKeW6oyy/f5bebe01c4151e1b2f6b7897bc605fd1/French-American_artist_and_sculptor_Louise_Bourgeois_photographed_in_her_studio_in_the_Chelsea.jpg)
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey, Illinois, 1975
![Ingalls memorial hospital harvey illinois 1975](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6azvQq1yTYyCeMqYu062G/8d7f9dd9a520cb32cb48a02e0c0f5e43/Ingalls_Memorial_Hospital__Harvey_Illinois_1975.jpg)
John Hejduk
Rear View of Scale Model For Bye House, 1973
![John hejduk rear view of scale model for bye house 1973.](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5WD7xyiOg864SUYeA8s6u8/79bffec0aa856dd813fb0781ce8d69d1/John_Hejduk__Rear_View_of_Scale_Model_For_Bye_House__1973..jpg)
Piero Portaluppi
Omnibus, 1940
![Scrivania omnibus 1024x731](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3BTQYkppDi6mcgk0sa2eOe/4b0c7ca9f6889a6ba052d252378ff335/Scrivania-Omnibus-1024x731.jpg)
Afra and Tobia Scarpa
Africa Chairs from the Artona Series, 1975
![Set of eight africa chairs from artona collection by afra and tobia](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/1sEasLQKmoCWMuEWGayKig/81910c3234d33a29b3b4ed4e5d56ff2e/Set_of_eight__Africa__chairs_from__Artona__Collection_by_Afra_and_Tobia.jpeg)
Willem de Kooning
Two Women's Torsos, 1952
![Willem de kooning two women s torsos 1952](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/52l8IREJiw444822eI2AOM/525ba7249035e89df10d58af176f669c/Willem_de_Kooning__Two_Women_s_Torsos__1952.jpg)
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Louise Bourgeois
Photographed in her studio in the Chelsea, Manhattan, 1982
1 of 21
![Tie made by calder for marcel duchamp 1940](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/rl8lhlTcvmEUsycioA4qc/f654f15fe41cdf852f1eb5505f3a1b7e/Tie_Made_by_Calder_for_Marcel_Duchamp__1940.png?w=1000&q=70)
Alexander Calder
Tie Made for Marcel Duchamp, 1940
2 of 21
![Hand puppet by sophie taeuber arp](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/D5cROqktxe8QOAq2igCmA/7f9d18ec7906ce8c5be2658aa38a244f/Hand_Puppet_by_Sophie_Taeuber_Arp.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Sophie Taeuber Arp
Hand Puppet
3 of 21
![John hejduk gili merin wall house ii 1](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/2WcdoRnFugsGueUa6iYyoW/71eb97e935f90aea396333cc7d0a87dd/john-hejduk-gili-merin-wall-house-ii-1.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
John Hejduk
Wall House II, 1973
4 of 21
![Richard diebenkorn ocean park no. 27 1970](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3uJuY6YqaQgOeoOyY0q86O/4fc5f054eb8c31e2a8cb6e7f55e55429/Richard_Diebenkorn__Ocean_Park_No._27__1970.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Richard Diebenkorn
Ocean Park No. 27, 1970
5 of 21
Le Corbusier
With enamelled door panels for Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp, France, 1955
6 of 21
![90](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3nw56Q8x1KCUAwImyUAUq0/cc3217dfb71bcbaecb6952a6b975c899/90.jpeg?w=1000&q=70)
Frank Lloyd Wright
The Drafting Studio Inside Taliesin West, Wisconsin
7 of 21
![116 2 design and decoration the alan moss collection october 2014 marianne brandt napkin holders collection of seven wright](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3YLcuF255SWAqOYqOAIUSM/9bf1a189ec0afce5b10a41ddae4ee43c/116_2_design_and_decoration_the_alan_moss_collection_october_2014_marianne_brandt_napkin_holders_collection_of_seven__wright.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Marianne Brandt
Napkin Holders, 1930-32
8 of 21
Le Corbusier
Mural in Drawing Room at Villa E-1027, April, 1938
9 of 21
![Agnes martin little sister 1962](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5H5abDfJzaIcaaIcwyiSCY/982a9c96415a343dd2622ecc5572ac07/Agnes_Martin__Little_Sister__1962.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Agnes Martin
Little Sister, 1962
10 of 21
![Agnes martin untitled 5 1998](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/1yNmw8FKo44cWW66WueUsK/d0a1434e687d2fb1c10210a9d2b3b62b/Agnes_Martin_Untitled__5__1998.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Agnes Martin
Untitled #5, 1998
11 of 21
![Sonia delaunay a page from her sketchbook textile design](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/7AFuaWhIruiycMsco2scAU/6aa3efbcdbdcd2e26c4ed475bc4ae4df/Sonia_Delaunay__a_page_from_her_sketchbook__textile_design.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Sonia Delaunay
Textile Design
12 of 21
![C675187f23084617d885e90573ed637e vintage magazines art director](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/70CSmoKV6oOwkYqIYcQAS/ed7f8157f4814ac1491b45f2d9baaa2e/c675187f23084617d885e90573ed637e--vintage-magazines-art-director.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Harper's Bazaar
June, 1961
13 of 21
![Esquire the magazine for men june 1955 cover illustration by henry wolf](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5UUzgXL7d64WUMIKcayYsA/893f29f1138e66a81593a7a91f7ea47e/Esquire_-_the_magazine_for_men__June_1955__Cover_illustration_by_Henry_Wolf_.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Esquire, June 1955
Cover Illustration by Henry Wolf
15 of 21
![French american artist and sculptor louise bourgeois photographed in her studio in the chelsea](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3AGDw4mpEkSeA8mKeW6oyy/f5bebe01c4151e1b2f6b7897bc605fd1/French-American_artist_and_sculptor_Louise_Bourgeois_photographed_in_her_studio_in_the_Chelsea.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Louise Bourgeois
Photographed in her studio in the Chelsea, Manhattan, 1982
16 of 21
![Ingalls memorial hospital harvey illinois 1975](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/6azvQq1yTYyCeMqYu062G/8d7f9dd9a520cb32cb48a02e0c0f5e43/Ingalls_Memorial_Hospital__Harvey_Illinois_1975.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey, Illinois, 1975
17 of 21
![John hejduk rear view of scale model for bye house 1973.](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/5WD7xyiOg864SUYeA8s6u8/79bffec0aa856dd813fb0781ce8d69d1/John_Hejduk__Rear_View_of_Scale_Model_For_Bye_House__1973..jpg?w=1000&q=70)
John Hejduk
Rear View of Scale Model For Bye House, 1973
18 of 21
![Scrivania omnibus 1024x731](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/3BTQYkppDi6mcgk0sa2eOe/4b0c7ca9f6889a6ba052d252378ff335/Scrivania-Omnibus-1024x731.jpg?w=1000&q=70)
Piero Portaluppi
Omnibus, 1940
19 of 21
![Set of eight africa chairs from artona collection by afra and tobia](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/1sEasLQKmoCWMuEWGayKig/81910c3234d33a29b3b4ed4e5d56ff2e/Set_of_eight__Africa__chairs_from__Artona__Collection_by_Afra_and_Tobia.jpeg?w=1000&q=70)
Afra and Tobia Scarpa
Africa Chairs from the Artona Series, 1975
20 of 21
![Willem de kooning two women s torsos 1952](http://images.ctfassets.net/nonm77rtn1g8/52l8IREJiw444822eI2AOM/525ba7249035e89df10d58af176f669c/Willem_de_Kooning__Two_Women_s_Torsos__1952.jpg?w=1000&q=70)