Somewhere, in some city in America, someone is wearing my clothes, and I'm happy with that. — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I would prefer to use the word free. I think the Dior thing is so much freer. There was not so much… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors. — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock. — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I dont want to show clothes, I want to show my attitude, my past, present and future. I use memories and future… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Both costume and fashion are about telling a story, except that in a ballet the story has already been written by the… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Fashion is so mass-produced now; I hope there will come a refocus on how people see couture. And I would also hope… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
There's a very different kind of psychology going on in the fashion scene than in art. When artists connect to a system… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Well, my own men's collection always felt very free back in the days before Jil. Once you make it this kind of… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I'd like to see fashion slow down a bit. What freaks me out about fashion today is the speed - the speed… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
The fashion thing is something I do, and yes, it is definitely also becoming a part of myself and my personality. It… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Becoming a fashion designer is agreeing with the fact that what you experience or what you see as free is also connected… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
The Dior heritage is so broad. It has a strong presence in the work. So, when people have to define it quickly,… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
In fashion design, you can divide people into two groups. You have people who come with an aesthetic that is there forever,… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I don't have so many things in the fashion world that interest me. It's probably because I am so deeply into it.… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
In fashion, general people will look to the piece itself. [Some designers] concentrate on, 'How can I make this seam look special?'… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I see there is a lot of behaviour in men's fashion, which is systematic. It's a lot about all these kind of… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
But overall I want to make sure people fall in love with the clothes and that they are satisfied — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
My aim is a very modern Dior, but at the end of the day, I also look back, — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream. — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
The fashion world doesn't know the word 'stop,' so you have to make sure there are sublime moments every day. — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it. — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I'm very scared sometimes that fashion might attack its own magic by the amount of exposure, — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
When it's only clothes, that is not satisfying enough for me. I don't think I could do this for 10, 20 years… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
As an industrial designer, you design the thing by yourself, and then it goes away from you, whereas fashion is in constant… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I always try to connect with what's happening in the world-reality, modernity, the 21st century, all that - and with Jil it… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Antwerp literally was a trash hole, but fashion changed that. The designers there were extreme, and their work was hard to understand.… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Until I was eighteen, I did not know that you could study fashion design or art. I really didn't know. I already… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
When artists connect to a system because they want to make a living, it's their own choice. In fashion, designers don't have… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I think it's different in fashion, because even if I would be an outsider, I would still be in the middle of… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
My own show with Sterling Ruby, for example, seems like such a huge disconnection from Dior couture, but then I think, yeah,… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work. — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Camouflage is about much more than concealment and going unnoticed. There's a whole game involved between revealing and hiding. — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
It felt wrong for me to stay totally connected to that very strict way of approaching the heritage - what it can be, what… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Well, my own men's collection always felt very free back in the days before Jil. Once you make it this kind of dialogue with… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Computers let people avoid people, going out to explore. It's so different to just open a website instead of looking at a Picasso in… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
As an industrial designer, you design the thing by yourself, and then it goes away from you, whereas fashion is in constant relation to… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors. — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
My inspiration is endless; I can't define it. It is a constant flow and evolution. In general, I'm taking it from everywhere. People get… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if I'm not… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image