Index Code:

FAS–CON–SIM

Orgin:

Neerpelt, Belgium / Paris, France

Field Notes:

rebellion as method · intellect as design · emotion as structure · collaboration as authorship · restraint as emotion · modernism as continuity

Defining Moment:

Spring 2012 — First Dior couture collection; precision met emotion

Raf Simons

(

1995 – present

)

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Simons builds rebellion into order.

From subculture tailoring to modernist restraint, his world fuses intellect and emotion — discipline charged with energy.

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Each collection feels architectural yet personal, a structure humming with memory.

Structural Focus

Body as Measure

Human scale, movement, or wear calibrates the work. Proportion is felt physically rather than visually alone.

In Raf Simons’s work, this approach appears where repetition calibrates youth and proportion.

Position

Body as Measure

Human scale, movement, or wear calibrates the work. Proportion is felt physically rather than visually alone.

In Raf Simons’s work, this approach appears where repetition calibrates youth and proportion.

Hard Systems

Form is governed by rigid rules, limits, and non-negotiable constraints.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Proportion

Proportion organizes coherence through measured intervals, scale, and relation.

Structure

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Fashion

Form is constructed around the body through material, proportion, and movement.

Contemporary

Current practice engages inherited structures under present conditions.

Dior

Jil Sander

Raf Simons

Structural Focus

Body as Measure

Position

Body as Measure

Observartory

In Dialogue

Raf Simons

Structural Focus

Body as Measure

Position

Body as Measure

Observartory

By Structural Focus

In Dialogue