Raf Simons

News & Analysis

Jonathan Anderson, Aurora James, Samuel Ross and More Honoured at the Fashion Awards 2020

3 December 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

3 December 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

Raf Simons and Muiccia Prada were also among the 20 industry stars recognised at the annual ceremony, which has been reimagined for the pandemic.

News & Analysis

Jonathan Anderson, Aurora James, Samuel Ross and More Honoured at the Fashion Awards 2020

Raf Simons and Muiccia Prada were also among the 20 industry stars recognised at the annual ceremony, which has been reimagined for the pandemic.

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2005, July 3, 2004

17 September 2020 • By Tim Blanks

BoF’s Editor-at-Large time-travels back to the Belgian designer’s tenth anniversary collection for his namesake label, entitled ‘History of the World,’ which delivered a poignant spirituality: Angel Youth!

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2005, July 3, 2004

BoF’s Editor-at-Large time-travels back to the Belgian designer’s tenth anniversary collection for his namesake label, entitled ‘History of the World,’ which delivered a poignant spirituality: Angel Youth!

Menswear - Autumn 2020

At Raf Simons, Transition and Transformation

17 January 2020 • By Tim Blanks

There was a time when Simons was the most confrontational of designers. But when you’ve lived a little, been knocked around a bit, youthful, fearless theory surrenders to the voice of experience.

Menswear - Autumn 2020

At Raf Simons, Transition and Transformation

There was a time when Simons was the most confrontational of designers. But when you’ve lived a little, been knocked around a bit, youthful, fearless theory surrenders to the voice of experience.

The Battle for Collectable and Rare Fashion Heats Up

21 November 2019 • By Chavie Lieber

The Battle for Collectable and Rare Fashion Heats Up

Museum-worthy couture is now being chased by everyone from private collectors to secondhand retailers, and prices are ballooning.

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Raf Simons Goes Home

20 June 2019 • By Tim Blanks

There was a confidence — and a joy — in this collection which broadcast new beginnings, the resuscitation of idealism.

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Raf Simons Goes Home

There was a confidence — and a joy — in this collection which broadcast new beginnings, the resuscitation of idealism.

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Raf Simons' Future Starts Here

17 January 2019 • By Tim Blanks

He made a very clear statement about the Raf-ness of Simons, distilling all the elements — the fashion influences, the private passions — that have shaped and driven him for the near-quarter century he’s been in fashion.

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Raf Simons' Future Starts Here

He made a very clear statement about the Raf-ness of Simons, distilling all the elements — the fashion influences, the private passions — that have shaped and driven him for the near-quarter century he’s been in fashion.

Menswear - Spring 2019

In Paris, New Elegance and the Revolution That Wasn’t

25 June 2018 • By Angelo Flaccavento

Menswear - Spring 2019

In Paris, New Elegance and the Revolution That Wasn’t

Amid the much-anticipated, streetwear-inflected disruption at Louis Vuitton and Dior, it was the need for new elegance that stood out, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

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Eeriness is a Speciality at Raf Simons

21 June 2018 • By Tim Blanks

The thought processes that inform a Simons collection, with their idiosyncratic blend of high and low, always circle his early years — glamourised here in shining duchesse coats and sparkling lurex knits.

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Eeriness is a Speciality at Raf Simons

The thought processes that inform a Simons collection, with their idiosyncratic blend of high and low, always circle his early years — glamourised here in shining duchesse coats and sparkling lurex knits.

Top 10 Campaigns of the Season

16 March 2018 • By BoF Team

Top 10 Campaigns of the Season

From Gucci's surrealist illustrations to Loewe's comment on consumption with the Steven Meisel lensed campaign titled "Fruits", BoF rounds up the best ads of the Spring/Summer 2018 season.

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At Raf Simons, Youth in Motion

8 February 2018 • By Tim Blanks

There is something about the current moment that makes the designer's fascination with decadence seem less of an indulgence than it once was, and it was reflected in the clothes he presented.

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At Raf Simons, Youth in Motion

There is something about the current moment that makes the designer's fascination with decadence seem less of an indulgence than it once was, and it was reflected in the clothes he presented.

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