Who is Raf Simons?

Named Creative Director of Jil Sander (menswear and womenswear) from July 2005 until February 2012. April 2011, Raf Simons is President of the Fashion jury of the Hyères 26th International Festival of Fashion and Photography. Curates Transmission 1, a three-day multidisciplinary event in Berlin initiated and sponsored by Mercedes-Benz in July 2011.

Did Raf Simons win the 2017 CFDA Fashion Awards?

At the 2017 CFDA Fashion Awards which took place on June 4th, 2017, Raf Simons won both the Womenswear and Menswear Designer of the Year Award for Calvin Klein.

Why did Raf Simons run flares on the runway?

For Spring 2002, Simons cloaks his models in face-covering garments and sends them out on the runway carrying lit flares. The visual is haunting, inspired by recent acts of terror in major cities around the world. The fashion show predates September 11 by two months.

What is the first Prada collection designed by Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons?

The first Prada collection designed by Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons is the Spring/Summer 2021 Womenswear show, presented digitally on September 24th 2020. The most important message Raf Simons wants to communicate is: pride in individuality.