Thursday, 3 February 2011

Raf Simons

-Belgian designer
-Worked for Margiela & Gaultier
-started with menswear
-influenced by youth culture
-combines strongly cut classic menswear with baggy street wear.
-Shows in Paris
-runway shows with a difference.. models running down street
-collaborated with Fred Perry
-was creative director for Jil Sander (the working woman)
-reluctant to appear on stage at end of shows

"I dont want to show clothes, i want to show my attitude, my past, my present, my future. I use memories and future visions and try to place them in todays world."

Possibly the top menswear designer working today.


http://www.rafsimons.com/


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