Bella Freud

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Bella Freud
Born
Isobel Lucia Freud [1]

(1961-04-17) 17 April 1961 (age 63)
London, England
OccupationFashion designer
Spouse
(m. 2001;sep. 2017)
Children1
Parent(s) Lucian Freud
Bernardine Coverley
Relatives Freud family

Isobel Lucia Freud (born 17 April 1961), better known as Bella Freud, is a London-based fashion designer. [2]

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Life and career

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 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 sister is 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. The couple separated in 2017. [5]

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