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What I've been conscious of, from the beginning is that I can't be Jil Sander.
Raf Simons -
Somewhere, in some city in America, someone is wearing my clothes, and I'm happy with that.
Raf Simons
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I'm very scared sometimes that fashion might attack its own magic by the amount of exposure.
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 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.
Raf Simons -
I want to get away from couture just being done for a picture or for a single moment on the red carpet. I want to try and convince women that couture can be worn in the day and that there's a reality and relevance there, because that's what Mr. Christian Dior wanted.
Raf Simons -
I am somebody who focuses on a dialogue between generations - that's the drive of my work. I believe the young generation take the power; they'll take over at one point, but the older generation, they'll push it away only because of the fear. I'm the opposite; I'm curious.
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
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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 -
Until I was eighteen, I did not know that you could study fashion design or art. I really didn't know. I already had my nose in the art world; I was already looking at things, but I didn't really get it that you could study that because my school was a very different environment.
Raf Simons -
I see there is a lot of behaviour in men's fashion, which is systematic. It's a lot about all these kind of clothes that can be easily combined with each other, and it's less and less, I think, about making a fashion statement.
Raf Simons -
I'd like to see fashion slow down a bit. What freaks me out about fashion today is the speed - the speed of consuming, the speed of ideas. When fashion moves so fast, it takes away something I always loved, which is the idea that fashion should be slightly elusive. Hard to grasp, hard to find.
Raf Simons