"him, worn his clothing, or openly admired his work. In 2017 the popular New York based rap group known as A$AP MOB released a song called 'RAF', featuring Quavo, Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert and Frank Ocean. The official music video was released on July 24. Raf Simons Raf Jan Simons (; born 12 January 1968) is a Belgian fashion designer. Beginning in furniture design, he launched his own menswear label in 1995. In April 2012 he was announced as the creative director at Christian Dior. On October 22, 2015 he resigned from Christian Dior. On August 2, 2016, Simons"
"is known in the fashion world. Raf Simons would later come to include the Kvadrat/Raf Simons textiles in his A/W 15 menswear collection. In 2016, Raf Simons collaborated with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation for his Spring-Summer 2017 collection. The collection debuted at Pitti Uomo in Florence, Italy. In June 2005, Simons was appointed as Creative Director for the Jil Sander label, by its owner the Prada Group (which was later acquired by Change Capital Partners and then GIBO Co. SpA, the Italian subsidiary of Japanese firm Onward Holdings Co. Ltd). This marked the first occasion when the designer had created"
"Creative Officer, Simons will oversee all aspects of Design, Global Marketing and Communications, and Visual Creative Services. Simons’ first collections will debut for the Fall 2017 season. The arrival of Raf Simons as Chief Creative Officer signifies a momentous new chapter for Calvin Klein,” said Steve Shiffman, CEO of Calvin Klein, Inc. “Not since Mr. Klein himself was at the company has it been led by one creative visionary, and I am confident that this decision will drive the Calvin Klein brand and have a significant impact on its future. Raf’s exceptional contributions have shaped and modernized fashion as we"
"Simons to turn to fashion design. Encouraged by Linda Loppa, head of the fashion department at the Antwerp Royal Academy at the time and now director of the prestigious italian fashion school Polimoda , Simons became a self-trained menswear designer and launched his ""Raf Simons"" label in 1995. His first collection was in Fall-Winter 1995, and featured two street models in a video presentation. From Fall-Winter 1995 to Spring-Summer 1997, Simons' collections were shown either in presentations or videos. Fall-Winter 1997 saw his first runway show in Paris, France with a look of 'American college students and English schoolboys with"
"about the first 10 years of his career. Alongside the publication, there was also an exhibition of Simons' work and an outdoor fashion show at the Pitti Immagine Uomo tradeshow in Florence, Italy for a retrospective of the designer's career at the age of 38. In 2008, two flagship ""Raf Simons"" stand-alone stores opened in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, in collaboration with the artists Sterling Ruby and Roger Hiorns. Autumn-Winter 2009 saw the first ""Raf Simons"" advertising campaign, photographed by Willy Vanderperre. In 2011, ""Raf by Raf Simons"" was replaced by ""Raf Simons 1995"", a diffusion line incorporating elements from"
"In 2009, Simons used denim bleached by artist Sterling Ruby to create a capsule collection of denim wear jeans and jackets. In 2014, Simons once again collaborated with Ruby, jointly designing a Fall-Winter 2014 collection, which was presented in place of Simon's eponymous line and carried the label 'Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby'. In 2014 Raf Simons began a collaboration with the Danish design and textile company Kvadrat that would translate into a collection of textiles and accessories. The Kvadrat/Raf Simons collection received great recognition in the media and is distinguished by the blending of colour and materials for which the designer"
"color on his catwalk shows. In 2014, Frédéric Tcheng wrote and directed a documentary, called ""Dior and I"", or ""Dior et moi"" in French, about Raf Simons ""as he created his first couture collection for Dior"". The documentary's world premiere was at the Tribeca Film Festival. On October 22, 2015, Raf Simons resigned from his post as the Creative Director of Womenswear for Christian Dior following a three and a half year stint at the brand. In a statement the designer stated ""It is a decision based entirely and equally on my desire to focus on other interests in my"
"life, including my own brand, and passions that drive me outside my work."" The departure was reportedly amicable and no replacement was immediately named. On August 2, 2016, Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp., announced the appointment of Raf Simons as Chief Creative Officer of the brand. Simons leads the creative strategy of the Calvin Klein brand globally across the Calvin Klein Collection, Calvin Klein Platinum, Calvin Klein, Calvin Klein Jeans, Calvin Klein Underwear and Calvin Klein Home brands. As part of his role as Chief Creative Officer, Simons will oversee all aspects of Design, Global"
"2012, Simons created satin fabrics with images of four of Sterling Ruby's recent paintings. Raf Simons created three dresses and a coat from these fabrics. They were presented as part of Raf Simons' debut haute couture collection for Dior. In 2013, these dresses were exhibited as part of the Esprit Dior exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai. On January 15, 2014, Ruby and Simons collaborated on Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014 menswear collection presented during Paris Fashion Week. In 2017, after Simons moved over to Calvin Klein, Ruby was enlisted to redesign the interior of their New"
"for menswear at Calvin Klein for six seasons before he became Creative Director of the Calvin Klein Collection menswear line in spring 2004 until April 2016. Ulrich Grimm is the Creative Director of men’s and women’s Collection shoes and accessories. On August 2, 2016, Calvin Klein, Inc. announced the appointment of Raf Simons as Chief Creative Officer of the brand. Simons will lead the creative strategy of the Calvin Klein brand globally across the Calvin Klein Collection, Calvin Klein Platinum, Calvin Klein, Calvin Klein Jeans, Calvin Klein Underwear and Calvin Klein Home brands. As part of his role as Chief"
"the two logos are not mistakable and do not present any similarities."" Nonetheless, students of the Sufi school have continued their protest. Roberto Cavalli Roberto Cavalli (; born 15 November 1940) is an Italian fashion designer and inventor. He is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The high-end Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sells luxury clothing, perfume and leather accessories. Former Acne Studios creative consultant Paul Surridge succeeded Peter Dundas as creative director for the brand in May 2017. Roberto Cavalli was born in Florence, Tuscany. His grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, was an artist and"
"amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research gala in São Paulo, Brazil, he publicly announced that he had been in a relationship with Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin since 2016. The couple married in 2017. Jwan Yosef Jwan Yosef (born September 6, 1984) is a Syrian-born Swedish painter and artist. He specializes in plastic arts and is based in London, England. Yosef was born in Ras al-Ayn, to a Sunni father of Syrian Kurdish stock and an Armenian Christian mother. His family immigrated to Sweden where he studied painting in Pernby School of Painting in Stockholm between 2004 and 2006, then"
"very pared down but very feminine. ""It was really polished, but gentle."" The Christian Dior Ready-to-Wear Spring 2013 Runway Show was presented on September 27, 2012 at the Hotel National des Invalides. It was Creative Director Raf Simons’s debut ready-to-wear collection for the house, which he joined in April 2012. According to the program notes, Simons’s fourteen-minute presentation was inspired by freedom and liberation. The concept harkens back to Dior’s mission to free women from wartime style. ""He embraced the feminine, the complex and the emotional; an idea of freedom and what had gone before,"" read the notes. Merging his"
"Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, ""Marc Jacobs"", and formerly ""Marc by Marc Jacobs"", a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years having been discontinued after the 2015 fall/winter collection. At one point there were over 200 retail stores in 80 countries. He was the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton from 1997 to 2014. Jacobs was on ""Time"" magazine's ""2010 Time 100"" list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and was #14 on ""Out"""
"Simon Spurr Simon James Spurr (born July 8, 1974) is a British fashion designer based in New York City. Spurr has received critical acclaim for the clothing line he launched in 2006 which is credited with revitalizing and modernizing classical menswear. He is currently the creative director of Eidos. Simon Spurr was born and raised in Kent, England, the son of two bankers. His father's style shaped his design perspectives at an early age as Spurr discussed in a 2011 interview: ""I still look up to him... he's also very influential in my aesthetics. My dad had a lot of"
"David Casavant David Casavant (born 13 July 1990, Tennessee) is an American fashion stylist, collector and consultant based in New York City. Casavant was born in Tennessee. he moved to London to attend Central Saint Martins and start working in styling. He is founder of The David Casavant Archive, which loans his collection of archival men's clothing to celebrities, stylists and designers. He has most notably loaned to Kanye West, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Kim Kardashian, Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Lorde. He helped introduced the idea of wearing vintage Raf Simons, Helmut Lang, Dior Homme as well as"
"Gifi Fields Gordon Ivan ""Gifi"" Fields (born June 1951) is a British fashion designer and businessman. He is a co-founder of the British Fashion Council and one of the creators of the Rah-rah skirt. After leaving school at the age of 16, Gifi Fields founded a succession of fashion labels. In 1968, he founded Ragfreak Clothing, which closed in 1971 when he founded Gingernut. When that closed in 1975, he opened Coppernob the following year. He was a co-founder of the British Fashion Council in 1983, the same year he founded Snob, which operated until 1987. During the early part"
"21 years of the company and the most significant stages in the development of his design. The associated book features details of the working relationships, friendships, photographs and celebrities who espouse the CoSTUME NATIONAL philosophy including Willem Dafoe, Milla Jovovich, Mick Jagger, Hilary Swank, Keith Richards, Lenny Kravitz, Cameron Diaz, Shakira, Madonna. Ennio Capasa Ennio Capasa (born in Lecce in 1960) is an Italian fashion designer. He is the creator of CoSTUME NATIONAL, the Italian fashion house he founded in 1986 and now an internationally renowned designer label famous for its subtle shapes, dark tones and sartorial detail. After completing"
"also featured the work of Pablo Picasso (""Jil Sander"" Spring-Summer 2012) and Brian Calvin (""Raf Simons"" Fall-Winter 2012 ""Run Fall Run""). Long-term collaborators include photographer Willy Vanderperre, first assistant/general manager Robbie Sneders, stylist Olivier Rizzo and artist Peter de Potter. During June 1996, Raf Simons participated at the ""2001 (-3)"" exhibition, curated by Terry Jones, during Biennale della Moda, Florence. The photography series and book ""Isolated Heroes"" was the result of the collaboration with British photographer David Sims in the summer of 1999, which featured models dressed in ""Raf Simons"" Spring-Summer 2000. ""Isolated Heroes"" was a travelling exhibition during 2000-01."
"and Mitsui (Asia), followed by a license agreement with Futurepresent (joint-venture of Futurenet and Mitsui Italia). This deal came to an end with the Spring-Summer 2011 collection. The aesthetic of the ""Raf Simons"" brand has changed since 2005, as former Arena Homme Plus editor Jo-Ann Furniss asserts: ""The key turning point was A/W 04-05 (""Waves""), when the obsessive youth culture codes of his past were turned into clothes that were purely about shape and form."" In June 2005, ""Raf by Raf Simons"" was launched, which was sold at a lower price point. Simons also released the book ""Raf Simons: Redux"""
"legendary Helmut Newton, Ellen Von Unwerth, Steven Meisel and featured in ""Vanity Fair"", ""Vogue"", ""Harper's Bazaar"", ""W"", and ""Elle"". Mega-stars including Penélope Cruz and Kirsten Dunst to super-models Kate Moss and Verushka showcased his original designs from red carpet premieres, press photos to charity events. Roberto de Villacis Roberto de Villacis (born March 10, 1967, as Robert O. Henrichsen de Villacis) is an Ecuadorian American fashion designer and artist, best known as for his Trash Couture clothing brand and art collective, United Aliens. De Villacis was born in Quito, Ecuador to American Civil Engineer Robert Henrichsen and Ecuadorian socialite and"
"brands. His responsibilities include creating products for the retail, wholesale and international divisions. Rafé Totengco Ramon Felix Totengco, more popularly known as Rafé Totengco, is a New York-based Filipino fashion designer who specializes in women’s handbags, shoes, and small leather goods, and men’s bags and accessories. In the late 1990s and through the 2000s, he garnered a number of awards for his designs. He grew up in Bacolod City, Philippines. Even in elementary school, he began modifying his school uniform and going to tailors to have new clothes made for himself and his friends and family. Most Filipino fashionistas remember"
"services. Mr. Simons assumed the creative strategy of the Calvin Klein brand globally across the company’s ready to wear, bridge, sportswear, jeans, underwear and home lines. Pieter Mulier was also announced as Creative Director, reporting directly to Mr. Simons and responsible for executing his Mr. Simons creative and design vision for men’s and women’s ready to wear, bridge and better apparel and accessories. It was also announced that Kevin Carrigan would leave the company. Simons's first collections debuted for the Fall 2017 season. In December 2016, it was announced that Amy Mellen would leave the company. In January 2017, it"
"Tim Coppens Tim Coppens is a Belgian fashion designer who currently lives and works in New York City. He is an ANDAM and LVMH Prize finalist, as well as three time CFDA nominee, and winner of the 2014 CFDA/Swarovski Award for Best Emerging Menswear Designer. Born and raised in Belgium, Tim Coppens graduated from the internationally acclaimed Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1998. Apart from his services to various luxury and athletic brands as Adidas and Ralph Lauren, Coppens founded his own namesake fashion label in 2011 which is sold globally. Barneys New York immediately ordered his"
"the previous world record for the world's most expensive suit set by Alex Amosu. Richard Jewels Richard Jewels (born 24 February 1984) is a British entrepreneur, who holds the record for designing the world's most expensive men's suit. He launched the R.Jewels fashion brand in 2010, with his line of clothes solely focused on catering to the luxury market. Jewels was born in Nigeria, to Igbo parents. His family moved to Manchester in the UK when he was one years old. Jewels never expressed an interest in fashion as a child. In September 2002, Jewels moved to Luton, which is"
"house cleaner. Simons graduated in Industrial Design and Furniture Design from a college in Genk in 1991. During this time, Simons congregated at Antwerp cafe Witzli-Poetzli with the likes of Olivier Rizzo, Willy Vanderperre, David Vandewal and then-girlfriend Veronique Branquinho to discuss fashion, namely Helmut Lang and Martin Margiela. He began working as a furniture designer for various galleries, having previously interned at the design studio of Walter Van Beirendonck between 1991-1993. Van Beirendonck took him to Paris Fashion Week and that was when Simons first saw a fashion show — Martin Margiela’s all-white show in 1991 — which inspired"
"brand is sold through other retailers such as Yours and Evans. Gifi Fields Gordon Ivan ""Gifi"" Fields (born June 1951) is a British fashion designer and businessman. He is a co-founder of the British Fashion Council and one of the creators of the Rah-rah skirt. After leaving school at the age of 16, Gifi Fields founded a succession of fashion labels. In 1968, he founded Ragfreak Clothing, which closed in 1971 when he founded Gingernut. When that closed in 1975, he opened Coppernob the following year. He was a co-founder of the British Fashion Council in 1983, the same year"
"Chinese Restaurant in the World"". Rogers lives in New York City with his wife Bernie and three children. He is known for his colorful wardrobe and has only owned red socks since he was 11. In 2009, Rogers was nominated for the Vanity Fair International Best-Dressed List. As a volunteer for Médecins du Monde Rogers worked for humanitarian efforts in areas including South Sudan, Kenya and Rwanda. Rogers co-founded Médecins du Monde UK. He is also on the board of The Bronx Community Charter School. Roo Rogers Roo Rogers is a British-American entrepreneur, business designer and author based out of"
"founded by Suzy Amis Cameron and James Cameron, and is an advocate for international organisation Women for Women. Samata is one of Ghana's prominent fashion industry members and was amongst a select group invited by High Commissioner His Excellency Professor Kwaku Danso-Boafo to attend the Screen Nation 'Sons and Daughters of Ghana' at the Ghanaian High Commission. Samata judged the ""Top Model of Colour"" finale in The Gambia, meeting President of The Gambia, Yahya AJJ Jammeh. Samata (fashion designer) Samata, also known as Samata Pattinson, is a fashion entrepreneur, director, producer and presenter. The British-born Ghanaian fashion designer, author and"
"in ""Time""s Next Generation Leaders list. In 2018, she was featured in ""Maxim""s ""Hot 100"" list and was named among the best American actors under 30 by IndieWire. Also that year, Calvin Klein appointed her and Lupita Nyong'o as the face of Raf Simons' first fragrance for the company, named ""Women."" Saoirse Ronan Saoirse Una Ronan ( ; born 12 April 1994) is an Irish and American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and four British Academy Film Awards. Ronan made her acting debut with"
"(feat. Sidney Samson) that received airplay on the Dutch radio stations Radio 538 and SLAM! (radio station). Eva Simons Eva Simons (born April 27, 1984) is a Surinamese Dutch singer-songwriter from Amsterdam. She is best known for her song POLICEMAN and collaborations with artists such as Afrojack and Will.i.Am. In 2012 Simons broke through on the international stage when she featured on the will.i.am single ""This Is Love"" which reached the top of several charts. In the same year Simons received a BMI songwriting award for her songwriting on ""Take Over Control"". During her solo career she has released 12"
"open doors for more Arabic girls.” She considers herself a woman of the black race, rather than Middle Eastern due to the fact her heritage is in Africa not Asia. Imaan Hammam Imaan Hammam (born 5 October 1996) is a Dutch model of Egyptian and Moroccan descent. She has appeared on the cover of American Vogue three times. Imaan Hammam was born in Amsterdam to an Egyptian father and a Moroccan mother. Hammam was discovered in Amsterdam's Central Station by an agent from CODE Management in 2010. In 2013 her agency sent her to Paris with VIVA Model Management and"
"Calvin Klein Collection Calvin Klein Collection (renamed Calvin Klein 205W39NYC in 2017 under new creative director Raf Simons) is the brand name for the high-end designer menswear and womenswear lines from fashion house Calvin Klein. Designer apparel, dresses, coats, dress shirts, eyewear, footwear and leather goods are sold under this 'black label' line which represents the top level in the brand pyramid of the various Calvin Klein brands. Most products are made in Italy, USA, and China. Calvin Klein Collection is one of several Calvin Klein brands owned by Calvin Klein Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Phillips Van Heusen"