Born 12 january 1968 is a belgian fashion designer.
Raf simons x sterling ruby.
As of 1 april 2020 he is the co creative director of prada in partnership with miuccia prada.
Raf simons collaborates with contemporary art legend sterling ruby for fall 14 in a collection inspired by their shared teenage obsessions and passion for counterculture.
The result was a weekly online scramble to buy a piece of the collection which has an extremely personal touch.
Parkas bomber jackets grunge knits.
In july raf simons launched inthenameof be a curated online concept store which sold limited items from the raf simons x sterling ruby collection with stock alternating each week.
I am completely completely obsessed with trying to get out of the fashion system and i think sterling is also interested in getting out of maybe not a system but like the kind of.
This has been nine years in the making he added of the show he presented tonight with artist sterling ruby.
Ruby s visual signatures of bleach splatters text art and collaged textiles complement simons precisely rendered utilitarian staples.
Beginning in furniture design simons launched his own menswear label in 1995.
It represented the pinnacle of the pair s collaboration the collection was simons through and through just as it was ruby through and.
He was creative director at jil sander 2005 2012 christian dior 2012 2015 and calvin klein 2016 2018.
2008 2009 the internationally acclaimed belgian fashion designer raf simons invited german born los angeles based artist sterling ruby in 2008 to.
That s how long the two.
Mar 4 2015 explore keelan malec s board raf simons x sterling ruby on pinterest.
Raf simons sterling ruby autumn winter 2014 2015.
This collection has been nine years in the making simons told tim blanks writing for vogue after the runway show this is our child.
You know for us it was important to take the chance to get out of our own systems.
Nothing connected to anything that is now said raf simons.
Backstage at raf simons x sterling ruby aw14 shot by lea colombo.
Simons approached each garment like a blank canvas.
But their partnership will be best remembered for the raf simons sterling ruby fall winter 2014 collection.