Quotes by Raf Simons

About Raf Simons:

Raf Simons 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.
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I couldn't go now to a brand that had a niche attitude like... gothic. I couldn't do that. Well, I could do it, but I wouldn't find it interesting, challenging.

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We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.

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Until I was eighteen, I did not know that you could study fashion design or art. I really didn't know. I already had my nose in the art world; I was already looking at things, but I didn't really get it that you could study that because my school was...

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There's a very different kind of psychology going on in the fashion scene than in art. When artists connect to a system because they want to make a living, it's their own choice. In fashion, designers don't have that choice.

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I don't have so many things in the fashion world that interest me. It's probably because I am so deeply into it. Often when you go very deep into something, you also discover what it's about, and you understand it better. With the art world, I still ...

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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.

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I'd like to see fashion slow down a bit. What freaks me out about fashion today is the speed - the speed of consuming, the speed of ideas. When fashion moves so fast, it takes away something I always loved, which is the idea that fashion should be sl...

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My inspiration is endless; I can't define it. It is a constant flow and evolution. In general, I'm taking it from everywhere. People get nervous when they walk with me, as I'll see something and suddenly have to text it to myself.

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My ideas for the next collection always happen a couple of months before the show. I have learned to shut up and not bother my assistants with it.

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For me, Warhol made so much sense.

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You can instantly spot a Chanel woman, so I want to develop the Dior woman.

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If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.

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The Chanel woman? I don't even need to see; I smell her from round the corner.

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Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations.

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I'm a designer, and for me, things are always evolving, and such evolution is necessary.

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You cannot have adoration without being criticized.

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I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.

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L.A. interests me, the whole band scene and relaxed carefree feel, but it does not mean you have to dress like a hippy.

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Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors.

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I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.

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Author Bio

  • NameRaf Simons
  • DescriptionBelgian fashion designer
  • BornJanuary 12, 1968
  • CountryBelgium
  • ProfessionFashion Designer