Raf Simons
Raf Simons
Raf Simonsis a Belgian fashion designer. Beginning in furniture design, he launched his own menswear label in 1995. In April 2012 he was announced as the creative director at Christian Dior. On October 22, 2015 he resigned from Christian Dior...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth12 January 1968
CityNeerpelt, Belgium
CountryBelgium
berlin lots might move pass people spend state stay time
Berlin is in a state of transition. There are lots of people who don't stay here. They pass through. They might not 'clean up,' but they mature. It is a city where people spend a significant time in their lives, and then they move on.
amazing city climate love
We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.
rock-and-roll rocks techno
I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.
collaboration matter sometimes
Sometimes it’s more a matter of collaboration which matters in a collection.
falling-in-love clothes people
But overall I want to make sure people fall in love with the clothes and that they are satisfied
dad two bicycle
My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
dior want abstract
I don't see Dior as something that could become mine. I see it as a dialogue with the women who wear it. I want to stay connected to them rather than to an abstract brand.
couple ideas assistants
My ideas for the next collection always happen a couple of months before the show. I have learned to shut up and not bother my assistants with it.
example gallery shows
Robert Gober, for example. He doesn't seem like somebody who is just going to show in a gallery that asks him to show. He's just making his work, and when he's ready, he's going to show it.
photography people events
And even being in the middle of it, at the LVMH group with Dior, there are certain parts of it that I'm just not really in, because it's not in me or my nature. The whole scene around it, the events, the photography ... It's never really been my thing. But I don't take a critical position on people who are very much about that either.
heritage way periods
It felt wrong for me to stay totally connected to that very strict way of approaching the heritage - what it can be, what it cannot be. That was also the period where I really thought, "No, let's open it up."
ideas femininity feels
I wanted an idea of the future, a new femininity. I wanted you to feel that you wouldn't quite know where these women were coming from and where they were going to.
warhol made
For me, Warhol made so much sense.
evolution designer evolve
I'm a designer, and for me, things are always evolving, and such evolution is necessary.