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Raf Simons

Creative Director, Raf Simons; Co-Creative Director of Prada

The Belgian designer, formerly creative lead at Jil Sander, Dior and most recently Calvin Klein, runs his long-established namesake label.

Raf Simons
Fashion Week

In Milan, the Perils of Looking Back

This season, the schedule was slimmer than ever and the remaining mega-brands reasserted their respective codes for young customers supposedly starving for history. But playing with nostalgia is a dangerous game.

Fashion Week

In Milan, the Perils of Looking Back

This season, the schedule was slimmer than ever and the remaining mega-brands reasserted their respective codes for young customers supposedly starving for history. But playing with nostalgia is a dangerous game.


Fashion Week

A Good Boy Italian Feel at MSGM

Massimo Giorgetti has a wonderful sensibility for the zeitgeist, but he sometimes lacks the guts to follow his own route and reverts to popular fashion references.

Fashion Week

A Good Boy Italian Feel at MSGM

Massimo Giorgetti has a wonderful sensibility for the zeitgeist, but he sometimes lacks the guts to follow his own route and reverts to popular fashion references.


News & Analysis

Women Are Key to Growth in the Menswear Market

As women become more important drivers of men’s fashion, brands and retailers like Le Bon Marché, Ssense and Ami are thinking of tactics to leverage the opportunity.

News & Analysis

Women Are Key to Growth in the Menswear Market

As women become more important drivers of men’s fashion, brands and retailers like Le Bon Marché, Ssense and Ami are thinking of tactics to leverage the opportunity.


Fashion Week

Men’s Fashion Week Is Missing the FOMO Factor

In order to survive, the men’s shows must replatform as can’t-be-missed launchpads for emerging talent.

Fashion Week

Men’s Fashion Week Is Missing the FOMO Factor

In order to survive, the men’s shows must replatform as can’t-be-missed launchpads for emerging talent.


Beauty

Beauty’s Augmented Reality Revolution: What’s Real, What’s Hype, What’s Next

Beauty brands are betting heavily on AR, and the early ROI is promising.

Beauty

Beauty’s Augmented Reality Revolution: What’s Real, What’s Hype, What’s Next

Beauty brands are betting heavily on AR, and the early ROI is promising.


News & Analysis

Meet the Unsung Heroes of the World’s Biggest Fashion Houses

Fashion has long perpetuated a single creator myth, but behind every great designer is a team of designers, some of them powerhouses in their own right.

News & Analysis

Meet the Unsung Heroes of the World’s Biggest Fashion Houses

Fashion has long perpetuated a single creator myth, but behind every great designer is a team of designers, some of them powerhouses in their own right.


News & Analysis

Cathy Horyn: 'I Support People Who Have Guts'

Fashion critic Cathy Horyn talks about navigating emerging designers, new media and nostalgia, courtesy of 1 Granary.

News & Analysis

Cathy Horyn: 'I Support People Who Have Guts'

Fashion critic Cathy Horyn talks about navigating emerging designers, new media and nostalgia, courtesy of 1 Granary.


Financial Markets

Apax Makes Waves on the Battlefield of Luxury E-Commerce

With MatchesFashion and now Moda Operandi in its portfolio of investments, what is Apax Partners’ endgame in fashion e-commerce?

Financial Markets

Apax Makes Waves on the Battlefield of Luxury E-Commerce

With MatchesFashion and now Moda Operandi in its portfolio of investments, what is Apax Partners’ endgame in fashion e-commerce?


Marketing

Jil Sander's New Designers on the Future of the Brand

The fashion house has had its fair share of comings and goings. Now, Luke and Lucie Meier are reimagining the brand.

Marketing

Jil Sander's New Designers on the Future of the Brand

The fashion house has had its fair share of comings and goings. Now, Luke and Lucie Meier are reimagining the brand.


News & Analysis

Raf Simons, Donatella Versace and Jonathan Anderson Take Top Honours at Fashion Awards

The celebration returned to Royal Albert Hall on Monday night with Naomi Campbell's emotional tribute to Azzedine Alaïa, as well as a performance by Rita Ora in homage to Fashion Icon recipient Donatella Versace.

News & Analysis

Raf Simons, Donatella Versace and Jonathan Anderson Take Top Honours at Fashion Awards

The celebration returned to Royal Albert Hall on Monday night with Naomi Campbell's emotional tribute to Azzedine Alaïa, as well as a performance by Rita Ora in homage to Fashion Icon recipient Donatella Versace.


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