Philip Smouha was born on 3 May 1952 in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

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, and was the owner of Smouha Fabrics Group. He is married to fashion designer Lisa Ho

Lisa Ho

Lisa Ho is an Australian fashion designer born in Albury, on the New South Wales and Victorian border. She is married to Philip Smouha....

 and has worked in the fashion industry for over 40 years.

His main business was Smouha Fabrics, a fabric

Fabric

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 importer and family business

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. In his capacity there he worked with designers Lisa Ho

Lisa Ho

Lisa Ho is an Australian fashion designer born in Albury, on the New South Wales and Victorian border. She is married to Philip Smouha....

, Sass and Bide

Sass and Bide

sass & bide is one of Australia's most prominent international and contemporary street- and pop culture-inspired women’s fashion labels. The label is known best as being worn by Sex And The City lead actress, Sarah Jessica Parker and, in more recent times, Madonna and Beyonce.-History:The label was...

, Alice McCall

Alice McCall

Alice McCall is a London-born Australian fashion designer who got her start as a successful stylist in the London fashion scene. As a stylist, she worked with a variety of celebrity and corporate clients including Kelis, Blondie and Marianne Faithful, as well as styling international advertising...

, Supre

Supré

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, and others. He also owned Hills Textiles and brewery Lucky Drink Company. Due to the financial crisis, the three businesses went into voluntary administration in March 2009. He has handled the crisis by selling off a number of his properties, both business and personal, to pay creditors. His Bellevue Hill

Bellevue Hill, New South Wales

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 home was sold for 17 million AUD

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in 2009.