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 was raised in a very happy nest by very happy people, and I like to think that those are enough ingredients to make me succeed at Dior.

Raf Simons

The fashion world doesn't know the word 'stop,' so you have to make sure there are sublime moments every day.

Raf Simons

Somewhere, in some city in America, someone is wearing my clothes, and I'm happy with that.

Raf Simons

What I've been conscious of, from the beginning is that I can't be Jil Sander.

Raf Simons

The fashion thing is something I do, and yes, it is definitely also becoming a part of myself and my personality. It also doesn't really feel like a job, either: it's a dream or a passion or something.

Raf Simons

I'm very scared sometimes that fashion might attack its own magic by the amount of exposure.

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I am always attracted to the moments when a person who is associated with a certain message, image or sensibility evolves. I am very interested in how audiences respond to that maturation and absorb the evolution.

Raf Simons

I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.

Raf Simons

I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.

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I like very much to put on fashion shows.

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We all know and we all perceive Christian Dior in a very specific way.

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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.

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I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.

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There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.

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People who don't know me look at my world as something very hard-core, and I don't feel it that way. It's not what attracts me.

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In the nineties, it was common to see people who expressed themselves through one designer - the Jil Sander woman, the Martin Margiela woman. You saw her on the street, and you knew who she was.

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I was growing up in the New Wave period, but that wasn't allowed in school. I remember moments when they wouldn't let four people dressed in black stand together on the playground.

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My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if I'm not there. I'm coming in there, and it's like a - I don't know the English word - like a passage.

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My point of view is that if I love a certain kind of beauty, I want more of that beauty. I don't need 200 different beauties.

Raf Simons

Every weekend, I'm on the highway to Antwerp. I need to be there, to have the calm. It's a whole different life: I jump on my bike, and it's so small, I can be anywhere in a minute. I like to be at home when there's free time because when you're at a...

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Fashion is so mass-produced now; I hope there will come a refocus on how people see couture. And I would also hope for a new focus on the craft.

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Author Bio

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