RAF SIMONS: SPRING 2014 MENSWEAR
It’s been a big year for Raf Simons. You could be forgiven for expecting Simons’ acutely considered pattern making and tailoring, the charms of his Antwerp schooling that have won fashions front-line since his appointment at Dior in 2012 and at Jil Sander before that, and that’s exactly what he delivered. Simons proposed a boyish sentiment shrouded in artistic references from pop-art to modernism, aptly staged in a gallery by Larry Gagosian on the outskirts of Paris, a space to perpetuate his precision dialogue. Uniformly elongated t-shirts prefaced a kaleidoscope of Simons very own Neverland. Digital print graphics and Simons’ recasting of colour blocking were underscored by the arresting nature of his modern lines. At the heart of Simons’ collection was a playful tone, one the minimalist-set had forgotten, a child-like discipline reminding us of the Simons ethos: pride in individuality.
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It’s been a big year for Raf Simons. You could be forgiven for expecting Simons’ acutely considered pattern making and tailoring, the charms of his Antwerp schooling that have won fashions front-line since his appointment at Dior in 2012 and at Jil Sander before that, and that’s exactly what he delivered. Simons proposed a boyish sentiment shrouded in artistic references from pop-art to modernism, aptly staged in a gallery by Larry Gagosian on the outskirts of Paris, a space to perpetuate his precision dialogue. Uniformly elongated t-shirts prefaced a kaleidoscope of Simons very own Neverland. Digital print graphics and Simons’ recasting of colour blocking were underscored by the arresting nature of his modern lines. At the heart of Simons’ collection was a playful tone, one the minimalist-set had forgotten, a child-like discipline reminding us of the Simons ethos: pride in individuality.
Photography © Yannis Vlamos, GoRunway
