Raf Simons Quotes

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• My mother was a cleaning lady all her life.
• I'm a designer, and for me, things are always evolving, and such evolution is necessary.
• I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.
• For me, Warhol made so much sense.
• In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
• L.A. interests me, the whole band scene and relaxed carefree feel, but it does not mean you have to dress like a hippy.
• In the nineties, it was common to see people who expressed themselves through one designer - the Jil Sander woman, the Martin Margiela woman. You…
• You can instantly spot a Chanel woman, so I want to develop the Dior woman.
• We all know and we all perceive Christian Dior in a very specific way.
• My challenge is to find a beautiful balance: to make women beautiful, to make a woman dream to wear a beautiful outfit.
• Fashion is so mass-produced now; I hope there will come a refocus on how people see couture. And I would also hope for a new…
• One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville -…
• Dress codes and gestures and attitudes have always inspired me, as has youth culture in general, although now I question it more. If you analyze…
• Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
• You cannot have adoration without being criticized.
• As an industrial designer, you design the thing by yourself, and then it goes away from you, whereas fashion is in constant relation to the…
• I am always attracted to the moments when a person who is associated with a certain message, image or sensibility evolves. I am very interested…
• Antwerp literally was a trash hole, but fashion changed that. The designers there were extreme, and their work was hard to understand. But now, people…
• We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.
• I was raised in a very happy nest by very happy people, and I like to think that those are enough ingredients to make me…

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