May, 1st, 2012

Raf Simons | L’Ultima Cena 

Jil Sander | Le Front Row 

Autumn Winter 2012 2013 

Last show for Raf Simons chez Jil Sander 

Milan on Feb. 25, 2012 | Milan Fashion Week  

“I really wanted to go to Walter Van Beirendonck.”

and Raf worked with him on “Fashion is Dead." 

Life is a festival … 

L’Éditor 

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Monsieur Raf Simons,

“If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn’t make me think any more. It doesn’t make me dream. I fantasize about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It’s the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past – your favorite architect, your favorite song – you take it all with you.” The Guardian, January 2008 

Plastikman, Kraftwerk and Joy Division music fan.
Antwerp Six, a group of Belgian designers famous in the ’80s
Walter Van Beirendonck was his mentor

Began his career as a furniture designer, menswear label in 1995

Professeur University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria, from 2000 until 2005
Won the Swiss Textiles Award in November 2003
Creative director Jil Sander July 2005
Raf by Raf Simons line June 2005
Raf Simons Redux, a book co-authored with Peter De Potter, 2005
Dior’s creative director on April 9, 2012