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Tuesday, Nov 17

Swiss Textiles Award | Alexander Wang Wins

Thumbnail an all-star cast including Raf Simons, Marios Schwab and Haider Ackermann, for a panel discussion that also included the fashion-industry headhunter ...

Monday, May 4

Fancy Footwork | Designer's Men's Shoe Collaborations

 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 ...

This article also contains excerpts from FashionUnited, New York Times Blogs, Telegraph.co.uk, Vogue.com, Gawker, Frillr, blog.gorilli.com, Fibre2fashion.com, Javno.hr, The Australian, Los Angeles Times, Independent, China Daily, The Local, FashionUnited UK

Wednesday, Apr 22

Fete Accompli | T Party in Milan

 United States “I actually graduated as an industrial designer, not a fashion designer, from college.” — the Jil Sander designer Raf Simons, feeling very at home. “Everything in the house.” — the designer Jay Osgerby on what he plans to eat Saturday night in ...

This article also contains excerpts from Sydney Morning Herald

Wednesday, Mar 18

Two Words for Fall: Toughen Up

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 ...

Friday, Mar 6

LE DANCE FEVER

 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. ...

Pickup Pix

 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. ...

Working Stiff

 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 ...

The Magnificent Seven

 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. ...

Wednesday, Mar 4

A Strong Woman for Hard Times

 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 ...

Tuesday, Mar 3

Now Screening | Raf Simons

 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, ...

Monday, Mar 2

The Futurists in Milan

Thumbnail 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 ...

This article also contains excerpts from International Herald Tribune, google.com

Friday, Feb 27

Raf Simons Refuses to Retreat

 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, ...

Jil Sander: Defying Gravity

Thumbnail Raf Simons’ Jil Sander was definitely sensuous, a celebration … I really found enlightening and loved Ms. Horyn’s comment about how Simons is expanding or stretching the minimalist vocabulary, and giving us new perspectives. ... Jil Sander decorates minimalist style at Milan fashion show...

This article also contains excerpts from International Herald Tribune, google.com

Milan: That Overstuffed Feeling

 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 ...

Friday, Jan 23

Raf Simons: Classics and Radicals

 United States - By Cathy Horyn After a superb show tonight set around reflective panels, Raf Simons remarked that he and his staff see perhaps 250 young men for casting in ...

This article also contains excerpts from FashionUnited, New York Times Blogs, Telegraph.co.uk, Vogue.com, Gawker, Frillr, blog.gorilli.com, Fibre2fashion.com, Javno.hr, The Australian, Los Angeles Times, Independent, China Daily, The Local, FashionUnited UK

Wednesday, Jan 21

Giuseppe Cacace/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

 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, ...

Monday, Sep 29

Paris: Slaves to Romance

 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 ...

Tuesday, Sep 23

Fashion Review Jil Sander Clears the Runway

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)

 
 

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