Raf Simons is a self taught Belgian Fashion designer who is formally trained as a furniture designer. He created his own label in 1995, was creative director at Dior from 2012-2015 and is currently chief creative officer at Calvin Klein. For fashion historians, he is mostly known for his own label due to its unique ability to depict youth culture accurately with a distinctly punk feel. Throughout his early years, you could see a lot of personal influences in Simons’ designs. Music played a very important part in his design process, which included bands such as Bauhaus, New Order, Joy Division, Etc. His designs from his early years have garnered a cult following over the years which has resulted in a huge spike in prices in the resell market on websites such as Ebay and Grailed.
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