Tag: Raf Simons

The guest designer at Pitti Uomo 97 will be Jil Sander
Events

The guest designer at Pitti Uomo 97 will be Jil Sander

Lucie and Luke Meier – co-creative directors of Jil Sander since spring 2017 – will present the new menswear collection of the iconic fashion house at a special event in Florence.

The special guest at Pitti Immagine Uomo 96 will be Sterling Ruby
Events

The special guest at Pitti Immagine Uomo 96 will be Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby is the Special Guest at Pitti Immagine Uomo no. 96 (Florence, 11-14 June 2019). The American artist famous for the multifaceted nature of his work that spans painting, ceramics, collage, video and photography, sculpture and installations, as well as textiles and garments, will present the first collection by the S.R. STUDIO. LA. CA. brand.

Raf Simons and the Shift of the Style Pendulum at Paris Men's Fashion Week
Menswear collections

Raf Simons and the Shift of the Style Pendulum at Paris Men's Fashion Week

Ever rebellious – Raf Simons waged a full-fledged war against the current cloud of street-wear styles hovering over the fashion world. In the time where some of the biggest names in luxury fashion are ditching luxury for street and sportswear, none more evident than Louis Vuitton's selection of Virgil Abloh as artistic director earlier this year, Raf vowed to focus on traditional menswear garments, even for new generation.

The 2018 CFDA Fashion Awards nominees & honorees are in
Competitions & awards

The 2018 CFDA Fashion Awards nominees & honorees are in

Raf Simons, Virgil Abloh, and Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen lead in the number of nominations for the 2018 CFDA Fashion Awards in partnership with Swarovski. Each received two nominations this year: Simons and Abloh for Womenswear and Menswear Designer of the Year for Calvin Klein and Off-White respectively, and the Olsens for Womenswear and Accessory Designer of the Year for The Row.

Best dressed men at CFDA Awards 2017
Fashion on the red carpet

Best dressed men at CFDA Awards 2017

Each June, the international fashion community honors the best and brightest in American design at the CFDA Fashion Awards. Founded in 1981, they are the highest honor in fashion and recognize the outstanding contributions made to American fashion in womenswear, menswear, and accessories as well as journalism, creative vision, personal style, and lifetime achievement.

Raf Simons is the new creative director of Calvin Klein
World fashion

Raf Simons is the new creative director of Calvin Klein

After months of rumors swirling, Calvin Klein has officially confirmed the hire of Raf Simons as its new chief creative officer. The brand announced the news in a statement shared on Facebook, detailing Simons new role at the American fashion brand.

June 2016 - Pitti Uomo 90 highlights
Fashion fairs

June 2016 - Pitti Uomo 90 highlights

The theme will be Pitti Lucky Numbers. This season Pitti Immagine is focusing on numbers: their aesthetics, graphics and symbolism both in and out of fashion.

Pitti Immagine Uomo 90 presents Florence Calling: Raf Simons
Fashion fairs

Pitti Immagine Uomo 90 presents Florence Calling: Raf Simons

'Florence holds a special place in my heart as, over the years, I have regularly come back to show my work or to collaborate on ventures that closely mirrored my thoughts about it. I am thrilled to be there again this season to present my S/S 2017 collection as well as a special project we are developing especially for Pitti.'

Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2016 Womenswear collection
Collections

Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2016 Womenswear collection

Horizon: a clean and clear naturalistic line of beauty, looking from the past into the expanse of the future. In the Spring-Summer collection, Raf Simons, Artistic Director of Christian Dior, strips away many extraneous elements to concentrate on a purity of line and precision in technique to find an ease for the future.

Christian Dior Haute Couture Autumn-Winter 2015-2016
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Christian Dior Haute Couture Autumn-Winter 2015-2016

The garden of earthly delights: a vision of innocence and experience, simplicity and luxury, beauty and decadence through the eyes of Flemish and French masters of both art and craft. In the Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, Raf Simons, Artistic Director of Christian Dior, looks to the Old Masters of Flemish painting and to the artisanal masters of haute couture to provide a synthesis of historical form, technique and artistic gesture to arrive at the point of today.

Christian Dior Cruise 2016 collection
Collections

Christian Dior Cruise 2016 collection

Le Palais Bulles: A utopian project that encompasses earth, sky and sea, where the future is built organically from the forms and architecture of the past. In this Collection Croisiére, Raf Simons, Artistic Director of Christian Dior, looks to the landscape and memory of the South of France. Gaining inspiration from the colours, textures and light of the natural world of the Cote d’Azur, together with the style of the people who have inhabited it, the designer draws on tradition and technique to realise clothing for today. In so doing, Le Palais Bulles (Bubble Palace) becomes a metaphor for the approach to the collection overall.

How is the Diorama bag made - step by step
Accessories

How is the Diorama bag made - step by step

Within its leather, the Diorama bag carries the House spirit in an urban and contemporary style. Discover how it's produced in the Dior ateliers.

Christian Dior Autumn/Winter 2015-2016 Ready-to-wear collection at Paris Fashion Week
Collections

Christian Dior Autumn/Winter 2015-2016 Ready-to-wear collection at Paris Fashion Week

Animals: instinctive and elegant, savage and sinister, the natural and human come together, to make hybrid forms of distinct decoration. In the Autumn-Winter collection, Raf Simons, Artistic Director of Christian Dior, embraces an idea of the primal and the patterned to convey notions of the liberated and sensual, making a hyper-natural world for women.

Dior Spring/Summer Haute Couture 2015 Collection
Collections

Dior Spring/Summer Haute Couture 2015 Collection

Moonage daydream: an alien journey through the past’s ideas of the future to reach the point of today. In the Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Raf Simons, Artistic Director of Christian Dior, looks to the romance of a near past, when space-age and mind-expanding ideas of a future felt full of possibilities for society, pop culture and fashion.

Paris men's fashion week Fall-Winter 2015/2016
Fashion shows

Paris men's fashion week Fall-Winter 2015/2016

The next edition of the Paris men's fashion week will be held in French capital from January 21st to January 25th, 2015.

Womenswear: Christian Dior for Spring/Summer 2015
Fashion collections

Womenswear: Christian Dior for Spring/Summer 2015

Looking forwards and backwards to prepare for the future through a dynamic sampling and remixing of history. In the Spring-Summer collection Raf Simons, Artistic Director of Christian Dior, instigates an exploration of the past combined with ideas of a near future, democratising the traditions of haute couture by taking them into the realm of the pret-a-porter.

Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection of Christian Dior at Paris fashion week
World fashion

Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection of Christian Dior at Paris fashion week

The Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 collection of Christian Dior was presented during the Paris Fashion Week yesterday. This is the second collection by the Belgian designer Raf Simons for the famous French label. Instead on a traditional catwalk the defile was presented in a recreated garden in the Tuileries. The Belgian gardening firm Jacques Wirtz supplied the plants and design.

The luxury couture models had flowers and embroidery in abundance. A number of dresses were composed of two or three layers of tulle, with embroidery designed to create a three-dimensional effect.

Natalie Portman naked in a Dior ad
Models and photomodels

Natalie Portman naked in a Dior ad

Natalie Portman appears naked in her latest advert for Rouge Dior Nude Lipcolor.

The range of lipcolours comes in eight shades, including a special hue, Grège #169, proceeds of which will benefit Natalie's chosen charity, the Free the Children Association. The star picked the hue specifically as it is one which she wears herself.

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