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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.

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Luxury

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.

Luxury

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.


News & Analysis

Colette: The Original Concept Store, now a Fashion Institution

PARIS, France — Founded in 1997 by Colette Rousseau and her daughter Sarah Andelman, Parisian store Colette has quickly become part of Paris Fashion

News & Analysis

Colette: The Original Concept Store, now a Fashion Institution

PARIS, France — Founded in 1997 by Colette Rousseau and her daughter Sarah Andelman, Parisian store Colette has quickly become part of Paris Fashion


Fashion Week

At Celine, Hedi Slimane’s ‘Portrait of a Generation’

The designer’s latest ode to youth lacked vitality. Take away the Celine logos and it could have been anything, but there was plenty of tempting merchandise, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

At Celine, Hedi Slimane’s ‘Portrait of a Generation’

The designer’s latest ode to youth lacked vitality. Take away the Celine logos and it could have been anything, but there was plenty of tempting merchandise, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

At Raf Simons, Children of the Coronavirus

The designer’s Spring 2021 collection for his namesake label, the first to include womenswear, offered an ominous meditation on coming of age in the time of Covid-19.

Fashion Week

At Raf Simons, Children of the Coronavirus

The designer’s Spring 2021 collection for his namesake label, the first to include womenswear, offered an ominous meditation on coming of age in the time of Covid-19.


Luxury

The Other Fashion Month

This autumn, labels from Michael Kors to Comme des Garçons to Raf Simons are presenting collections in October in what’s shaping up to be something like a second fashion month. Will it stick post-pandemic?

Luxury

The Other Fashion Month

This autumn, labels from Michael Kors to Comme des Garçons to Raf Simons are presenting collections in October in what’s shaping up to be something like a second fashion month. Will it stick post-pandemic?


Luxury

What a ‘K-Shaped Recovery’ Means for Luxury Fashion

This week, everyone will be talking about luxury brands' latest sales results, Raf Simons' first womenswear collection and the return of Brexit. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

Luxury

What a ‘K-Shaped Recovery’ Means for Luxury Fashion

This week, everyone will be talking about luxury brands' latest sales results, Raf Simons' first womenswear collection and the return of Brexit. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.


Fashion Week

At Louis Vuitton, Between Masculine and Feminine

While not particularly convincing in conceptual terms, the collection was well suited to real life, making for one of Nicolas Ghesquière’s strongest outings for the French megabrand.

Fashion Week

At Louis Vuitton, Between Masculine and Feminine

While not particularly convincing in conceptual terms, the collection was well suited to real life, making for one of Nicolas Ghesquière’s strongest outings for the French megabrand.


Media

Coronavirus Is Rewiring the Symbiotic Relationship Between Brands and Media

Plunging marketing budgets are disrupting the traditional value exchange between fashion brands and the magazines that cover them — with both sides wondering if the fear of missing out on editorial coverage can still drive hefty ad investments in an increasingly digital world.

Media

Coronavirus Is Rewiring the Symbiotic Relationship Between Brands and Media

Plunging marketing budgets are disrupting the traditional value exchange between fashion brands and the magazines that cover them — with both sides wondering if the fear of missing out on editorial coverage can still drive hefty ad investments in an increasingly digital world.


Marketing

Prada Experimented with a New Digital Fashion Show Format. Did It Work?

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons' debut as co-creative directors was well received, but digital impressions were down from a year ago, according to one estimate.

Marketing

Prada Experimented with a New Digital Fashion Show Format. Did It Work?

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons' debut as co-creative directors was well received, but digital impressions were down from a year ago, according to one estimate.


Fashion Week

Reality Has a Starring Role at Milan Fashion Week

This season was less about fashion and more about the reality of life suddenly piercing the secluded worlds of fashion designers, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

Reality Has a Starring Role at Milan Fashion Week

This season was less about fashion and more about the reality of life suddenly piercing the secluded worlds of fashion designers, reports Angelo Flaccavento.


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