30 Juin 2020
Who?s next? By Jessica Testa Raf Simons Becomes Co-Creative Director at Prada The move, which could reshape the fashion universe, will be the first such long-term power-sharing by creative equals at a major public brand.Market Report Men?s Gloves to Get You Through the Winter On the runway, the sometimes formal accessory came in all styles, from sporty driving and motocross models to those inspired by work wear.By Willy Vanderperre and Jacob K Raf Simons:Fall 2020 See the looks from the Raf Simons: Fall 2020 Collection.By Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi Notes on the Culture A Furniture Designer Who Learned Under Raf Simons Michael Verheyden, who combines simple shapes with rich textures, will show a new collection at Design Miami.The New York Times Company NYTCo Contact Us Work with us Advertise T Brand Studio Your Ad Choices Privacy Terms of Service Terms of Sale Site Map Help Subscriptions. EN SAVOIR PLUS >>>
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The New York Times Company NYTCo Contact Us Work with us Advertise T Brand Studio Your Ad Choices Privacy Terms of Service Terms of Sale Site Map Help Subscriptions. Clement Pascal for The New York Times The most high-profile brand reinvention experiment in 21st-century American fashion came to a crashing halt last Friday when Calvin Klein announced it was parting ways with its chief creative officer, Raf Simons, ?after Calvin Klein, Inc.In handing the keys to the Klein kingdom to Mr.The wholesale reinvention of Gucci under Alessandro Michele, the creative director, has been the biggest success story of the current fashion industry. ?Turning around a company the size of Calvin takes a certain type of creative person, a significant amount of time, and an enormous amount of money.It never opened the stores that had been discussed. ?As the world evolves, the need for an edit, a curation and point of difference remains, but the need to package it holistically for today?s consumers and be relevant will never go away.
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For his recent fall show, he constructed a twisting maze of wooden flats, press and buyers clustering around them as the models strode past urgently.?.That fall season, the designer shared the label on his clothes with the artist, a recognition of what a true collaboration, an extraordinary fusion of the fashion and art worlds, could look like.It not only reflects his specific interests, his personal fixations, but the moment in which each design is devised.?. I didn?t really think it over but with my own brand, I have became very protective, almost.?.I was just doing.) A later collection, containing long white coats scribbled with graffiti, was inspired by similar garments sported during hazing rituals enacted at colleges in Belgium, like the one Simons attended in the late ?80s.?? Simons is still incredulous in relaying the details.He injected men?s wear with cultish youth affiliations before anyone else was doing it, back in the mid-?90s.And I just thought ?How am I going to do this.
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