FASHION

The Plein Truth

The German designer Philipp Plein is building an empire out of bedazzled leather and crystal-studded knits.

by Alexandra Marshall

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Plein with 
a model on Richard Orlinski’s Wild Kong, 2013, at La Jungle du Roi, Plein’s Cannes villa.

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Plein with a model and his 
2014 Lamborghini Aventador. Model wears Philipp Plein dress. Plein wears Philipp Plein jacket, shirt, jeans, and sneakers.

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A Plein-clad model 
in the designer’s bathroom. Model wears Philipp Plein dress; Christiane Billet earrings from Dary’s, Paris.

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Photograph by Tullio Puglia/Getty Images.

Lindsay Lohan and Plein at 
an amfAR Milano benefit, 2011.

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Photograph by Luke White.

The villa’s entrance.

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Courtesy of the designer.

A look from his 2015 spring show.