{{short description|British fashion designer (born 1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Bella Freud | image = | birth_name = Isobel Lucia Freud<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=poxUPhSt3BodUe5LIkc7fA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=8 March 2020|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|04|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[London]], England | death_date = | occupation = Fashion designer | spouse = {{marriage|[[James Fox (journalist)|James Fox]]|2001|2017|end={{abbr|sep.|separated}}}}
| children = 1 | parents = [[Lucian Freud]]<br>Bernardine Coverley | relatives = [[Freud family]] }}
'''Isobel Lucia Freud''' (born 17 April 1961), is a London-based [[fashion designer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bella Freud |url=https://bellafreud.com/ |website=Bella Freud |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref> Her work is known for its playful and often humorous use of language.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zagalsky |first1=Alexandra |title=Comforting Words: Bella Freud on the power of language |url=https://theweek.com/99980/comforting-words-bella-freud-on-the-power-of-language |website=The Week |access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref> She is the daughter of the painter [[Lucian Freud]] and [[Freud family|great-granddaughter]] of [[Sigmund Freud]], the founder of [[psychoanalysis]]. She is also famous for her podcast, [[Fashion Neurosis]].
==Life and career== Freud was born in [[London]], England. She is the daughter of Bernardine Coverley and artist [[Lucian Freud]], and the [[Freud family|great-granddaughter]] of the inventor of [[psychoanalysis]], [[Sigmund Freud]]. Her maternal grandparents were [[Roman Catholics]] of Irish descent, but her mother was no longer observant, while her father's family were [[Jewish atheists]]. She identifies as Jewish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/religion/2012/05/ns-interview-bella-freud-designer-and-campaigner |date=23 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925031415/https://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/religion/2012/05/ns-interview-bella-freud-designer-and-campaigner |archive-date=25 September 2015 |title=The NS Interview: Bella Freud, designer and campaigner |last=Khan |first=Jemima |work=New Statesman|accessdate=2021-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/aug/01/bernardine-freud-obituary |title=Bernardine Freud obituary |last=Freud |first=Esther | date=1 August 2011 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=2021-03-01}}</ref>
Her sister is [[Esther Freud]], who wrote the memoir of their hippie childhood in [[Morocco]], ''[[Hideous Kinky]]''.
Freud was married to journalist [[James Fox (journalist)|James Fox]] in 2001. They have a son. The couple separated in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/bella-freud-interview-globetrotters-2020-b79125.html|title=Bella Freud: I am definitely up for adventure|first=Simon|last=Mills|date=27 November 2020|website=Evening Standard|location=London}}</ref>
In October of 2024, Freud launched her fashion podcast ''[[Fashion Neurosis]]'', beginning with an episode with American fashion designer [[Rick Owens]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-10-10 |title='Fashion has power': Bella Freud on 'frock consciousness' and her new podcast |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20241010-bella-freud-on-frock-consciousness-therapy-and-her-new-podcast |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Freud family]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.bellafreud.co.uk/ Bella Freud Website] *{{fashiondesigner|id=bella-freud}}
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