Raf Simons

 United States By Armand Limnander Designer collaborations are nothing new, but it seems that combining two labels in one has become a definite trend in men's shoes. This spring, Raf Simons updated classic Dr Martens, while Junya Watanabe put his own spin on Trickers ...

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In Milan, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons at Jil Sander continued to up the ante. Here, in two collections, was personal vision realized with extraordinary craft. With his spiraling S-shaped coats and lovely dresses — with vivid satin flashing behind the ...

 United States Raf Simons Shirt, About $1300. Go To Rafsimons.Com. Lanvin Bag. Fashion Assistants: Parinaz Mogadassi And Tom Van Dorpe. Hair By Jimmy Paul For Bumble And Bumble. Grooming By Peter Philips For Chanel. Set Design By Jim Gratson At CXA. ...

 United States Jordan Brand Sneakers. 1. Raf Simons For Fred Perry Sweater, $550, Fredperry.Com. Zimmerli Tank, $85, Barneys.Com. DKNY Jeans Jeans, $80, Macys.Com. Carhartt Cap. 2. Current/Elliott Overalls. Araks Lace Tank. Loeffler Randall Swimsuit (Underneath). 3. ...

 United States The new look from Raf Simons, the Belgian designer presenting in Paris, was a curvy suit with rounded shoulders and sleeves made from neoprene. But that seemed to be more about protection than seduction. Elsewhere, the suit tended to look like smart ...

 United States 5.Ordinarily, denim suits feel so 1970s. But Raf Simons has tamed leg flares and done away with wide lapels to create Jil Sander’s first premium jeans line. Pants range from $400 to $600 and jackets from $1150 to $1370. At Jil Sander stores. 6. ...

 United States “If you do something more restrained, designers think it’s going to look boring,” he said. But, clearly, this is a trap. Raf Simons’s collection for Jil Sander dazzled retailers and editors alike because it pressed the assumptions about minimalism ...

 United States By Alex Hawgood Jil Sander’s fall collection, ripe with an erotic twist on minimalism, was the talk of Milan earlier this week — even the label’s notoriously press-shy designer Raf Simons has agreed to chime in. Here, in a rare video interview, ...

Yet just one designer at the autumn 2009 shows has had the courage and the skill to look the future in the face. Swooping sculptures, tracing neck and torso, or flowing in sinuous shapes around the back, were sent out by Raf Simons in homage to Jil ...

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 United States Alberto Pellaschiar/Associated Press JIL SANDER Jersey dress cut with a curl, back and front. Raf Simons, the designer at Jil Sander, is probably the only one here interested in being a modernist. His latest collection of curvilinear dresses, ...

 United States As I struggled thru the Ferré collection, I started thinking about how great it is to have designers like Elbaz, Ghesquière, Costa and Raf Simons who deeply understand their roles as the driving forces behind (full frontal sounds better) iconic fashion ...

By By CATHY HORYN What Raf Simons did in an instant was to render the day, and most of the previous one of the spring men's collections, obsolete.

 United States - Jan 26, 2009 RAF SIMONS An overcoat layered with a shrug of neoprene. Right, overcoats, one with synthetic sleeves. By CATHY HORYN Cathy Horyn reports on the fall mens ...

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 United States - Jan 26, 2009 Raf Simons? The fit is the compelling reason, nothing more, nothing less. Comme des Garcons? A good season for eclectic pieces, including the leopard pumps. ...

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 United States - The boy-men in Raf Simons’s show for Jil Sander were so rigidly locked into what the designer termed “arresting shapes” — the rounded shoulders, ...

 United States - A lot of us here on the blog admire Raf Simons’s collection for Jil Sander. Why? Because he proposed something that is new and exciting but also useful in ...

 United States - a meeting here early this year with Raf Simons, another well-regarded Belgian designer who was renegotiating his contract with Jil Sander at the time. ...

The power now rests with the latter group, led by Raf Simons at Jil Sander, though it may be hard to see. Ms. Prada’s show Tuesday night was not ... Prada abandons summer fashion's easy road The Associated Press Raf Simons enlivens minimalist Jil Sander PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)