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Bella Freud
British fashion designer
Isobel Lucia Freud (born 17 April 1961), better known as Bella Freud, is a London-based fashion designer.[2]
Bella Freud | |
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| Born | Isobel Lucia Freud[1] (1961-04-17) 17 April 1961 (age 63) London, England |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Lucian Freud Bernardine Coverley |
| Relatives | Freud family |
Freud was born in London, England. She is the daughter of Bernardine Coverley and artist Lucian Freud, and the great-granddaughter of the inventor of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. Her maternal grandparents were practising Roman Catholics of Irish descent, but her mother was no longer observant, while her father's family were Jewish atheists. She identifies as Jewish.[3][4]
Her only full sibling is her sister, writer Esther Freud, who wrote the memoir of their hippie childhood in Morocco, Hideous Kinky.
Freud was married to journalist James Fox in 2001. They have a son, James "Jimmy" Lux Fox. The couple separated in 2017.[5]
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- "Bella Freud". Bella Freud. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- Khan, Jemima (23 May 2012). "The NS Interview: Bella Freud, designer and campaigner". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- Freud, Esther (1 August 2011). "Bernardine Freud obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- Mills, Simon (27 November 2020). "Bella Freud: I am definitely up for adventure". Evening Standard. London.
