The fashion industry’s wild child Philipp Plein is a man on a mission to produce clothing that is as aggrandized and ostentatious as the man himself. The creator of fashion through excess, his collections are synonymous with celebrity culture and the nouveau riche, with ornate adornments, exuberant detail and grandeur at every level, adhering to Plein’s adage of ‘life is too short to be insignificant’.