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Emilie Bon is the designer and founder of the exciting new swimwear label Lilibon. She founded the label in 2007, inspired by an idyllic childhood spent hunting for sand dollars on the beaches of Harbour Island in the Bahamas and a desire to invigorate and redefine the resort-wear market. Since then Lilibon has quickly grown to become the label of choice for discerning sun worshippers everywhere.
Born in Arles on the French Riviera, Emilie was raised in a creative and bohemian family spending a great deal of her early years living between her hotelier mother’s enchanting Nord Pinus hotels in Arles and Morocco and accompanying her fashion photographer step-father Peter Lindbergh on work assignments around the world. Always occupied with drawing, painting and making things her artistic talents were clearly recognized and nurtured. After her schooling in France and England, Emilie decided to embark upon a career in the arts.
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She moved to Paris and won a place at the prestigious Penninghen and Atelier de Sevres universities where she studied graphics, advertising and photography.
After leaving university Emilie worked with leading Parisian floral designer Christian Tortu. Here Emilie lent her design flair to creating the designer’s popular must have vases. Inspired by her work with Christian Tortu, Emilie decided to return to the South of France where she opened a small boutique called ‘La Boutique Des Voyageurs,’ selling accessories and objet d’art to an international client base. The store amazed a loyal clientele but Emilie missed life in the big city and the freedom that came with her former traveling lifestyle, picked up a camera and went horseback riding through Rajasthan whilst she pondered on the next step. On her return to France she decided to make plans for her next big move to New York - a city she’d loved since childhood.
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