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Raf Simons Celebrates His Ten Years In Fashion at Pitti Imagine Uomo
By: Michelle Taylor
Photo below: From the Raf Simons Spring 2002 collection
Photos by FW
MILAN, Jun 23, 2005/ FW/ --- Raf Simons, the iconoclastic designer and recently appointed Creative Director of Jil Sander will present ‘Raf Simons 1995 – 2005,’ a video installation tomorrow, June 24, 2005 at the Foundation Pitti Imagine Discovery in Florence.
An in-depth look at the first ten years of Raf Simon’s career, the video presentation is a precise look at the present and the future of the Belgian designer who in the 1990s gave menswear a new graphic pencil-slim silhouette.
Throughout the last ten years, Raf Simons created 20 collections of menswear, undertook various projects and widened his horizons into other cultural domains.
The event will also introduce RAD SIMONS, the latest line from the Neerpelt native, wherein he will present Rad Simons Summer 2006 collection.
The second segment is the launch of Raf Simon’s first book, “Raf Simons Redux.” Written in collaboration with Peter de Potter, the book is a personal look at the designer’s history, spirit and message. “Raf Simons Redux” is a path along the works and declaration of Raf Simons, bringing forward his emotional and conceptual traits through image symbols.
And finally, "Raf Simons Repeat," a video installation exploring the universe of Raf Simons, which in the form of a visual lexicon, the audience will travel across the essence of the designer’s universe.
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