[3] De Lisi made his debut at the London Fashion Week in 1994, won the British Glamour Designer of the Year award in both 1994 and 1995.
In 2009, he closed his womenswear label as well his flagship London store to focus on his "BDL by Ben de Lisi" collection for Debenhams.
[3][6] In 2010, de Lisi was approached by the Department of Health and offered an open agenda to pick any project he wanted to redesign.
In 2010, de Lisi began to make regular appearances in the fashion slot on It Takes Two, the spin-off to the BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing.
De Lisi lives in a Victorian cottage by the River Thames close to Battersea Bridge, which he used as the inspiration for his Debenhams homeware range.