Raf Simons Closing Down Business After Almost 3 Decades

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Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons will shutter his eponymous fashion brand after 27 years, he announced on Monday. Simons shared the unexpected news on Instagram, writing that his label's recently unveiled spring-summer 2023 collection would be its last.

Simons did not immediately return a request for comment on the decision to discontinue his label.

True to Simons' history of taking cues from countercultral music scenes, including new wave, punk and electronic, his final collection was presented at London's Printworks, a famed nightclub (and former newspaper factory) set to close next year. For the show, he eschewed the hierarchies common at runway shows, using the massive space to invite a crowd of 800 people from among and beyond fashion's elite.
 

"I didn't want a show for 300 people sitting in rows," he told Vogue. "This is a show that's pure democracy. No hierarchy. A London explosion of youth, life, dancing, and being together... I was thinking a lot about the body, in relation to dressing up and going out and performing."

 

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/raf-simons-closes-label/index.html

 

 

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[MaybeKermit 5,208]

Wow that’s weird

will he continue working as creative director for other brands ?

What if Vuitton scouted him to be Virgil’s replacement and he’s just preparing himself 

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24 minutes ago, Funkymonkey said:

Wow that’s weird

will he continue working as creative director for other brands ?

What if Vuitton scouted him to be Virgil’s replacement and he’s just preparing himself 

He’s the co-creative director for Prada. That’s a much cooler job than working for Louis Vuitton in my opinion.

[SimonBaetens 9,485]

Raf is a Belgian icon ❤️ congrats on 27 amazing years.

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I see it as a retirement but idk anything about who's running what lol 

Congrats on reaching a conclusion to your fashion journey, king.