Exclusive Interview With Paris Men'S Wear Week Designer Raf Simons

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What's the feeling after P show? Will you feel relaxed? < /p >

< p > Raf Simons: I will not be very nervous throughout the whole process. When the environment is comfortable, you will not be very nervous.

My team in Antwerp knows my mind very well and I have to say it's a big family.

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< p > when designing the 2013 spring summer series, what are your thoughts affected? < /p >

The appointment of < p > Dior let me start thinking about what I have done for the brand of Raf Simons over the past 17 years.

How do I make this brand coexist with Dior and echo it? I regard it as a challenge, because this slightly rough style is what I have always owned and loved.

I started with a rebellious spirit, using youth culture and music elements, but that part of me had grown up, whether it was my design or production.

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< p > What do you want to draw from your past design? < /p >

P, of course, is music and young people's stuff, the way I grew up, my way of life and how I started to create this brand.

It's more about children, clubs, bands, and in a way it's a wild one.

But on the other hand, I have grown up and are dealing with another part of fashion, which attracts me very much.

That is the union of the juxtaposition elements.

I want to find a new, interesting and challenging thing from two different angles.

In this sense, nostalgia and future sense coexist, and in the spiritual aspect, they are also materialized.

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< p > do you think your fashion design has affected your men's wear series? < /p >

< p > I think so. It makes me think deeply about things.

I am not sure whether this is related to taking office in Dior. I just think men are now more interested in the design and production of women's clothing.

How does the clothes look, how and how they are materialized.

This is something I am very concerned about in this show.

But I have to say that this trend is not possible in other brands. The same wrinkle mini skirt, I am sorry, you can not do that, that is Comme des Gar ons thing, it has its own position.

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What is the future of < p > Raf Simons? < /p >

< p > in the two direction, I am now in a very interesting awkward position, but I feel very excited.

Yes, I want to see what people want to wear and do what they can sell.

But I also want to look at things that people are not prepared to accept in the future.

I want to create a dialogue.

I think people like this series, but if they have not yet fallen in love with this series, there is still a dialogue here.

And this conversation will be very interesting.

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< p > if you want to give some advice to people who want to work in the fashion industry, what will you tell them? < /p >

< p > think carefully.

If a fashion designer can talk with his audience, then design and sales are not difficult.

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What is your goal in designing men's clothing? < p > < /p >

< p > men's fashion is much more complicated and challenging than women's wear.

It is a reflection of oneself, and the image in the mirror should be accepted by both men and women at the same time, which is a challenge of gender.

This is what I have been trying and exploring.

It has more restrictions than women's clothing.

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