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
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
Computers let people avoid people, going out to explore. It's so different to just open a website instead of looking at a… — 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.… — 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… — 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
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
Every weekend, I'm on the highway to Antwerp. I need to be there, to have the calm. It's a whole different life:… — 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 was raised in a very happy nest by very happy people, and I like to think that those are enough ingredients… — 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
Berlin is in a state of transition. There are lots of people who don't stay here. They pass through. They might not… — 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
People who don't know me look at my world as something very hard-core, and I don't feel it that way. It's not… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
The psychology for the person who's actually doing it is completely different. I think I probably needed to put that [hired-hand] psychology… — 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
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
In the nineties, it was common to see people who expressed themselves through one designer - the Jil Sander woman, the Martin… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
The future, for me, is romantic, I don’t understand people who say the past is romantic. Romantic, for me, is something you… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
And even being in the middle of it, at the LVMH group with Dior, there are certain parts of it that I'm… — 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
But overall I want to make sure people fall in love with the clothes and that they are satisfied — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I was growing up in the New Wave period, but that wasn't allowed in school. I remember moments when they wouldn't let… — 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
