“You do what you do. Or you do what you have to do. I don't know how to explain it better. I think that in the moment, you can't see connections, but sometimes afterwards you do.” ThinkingKnowsSometimesMomentsKnow HowConnections Author:Raf Simons
“My own show with Sterling Ruby, for example, seems like such a huge disconnection from Dior couture, but then I think, yeah, in both collections there was a very strong focus on the human hand and the actual work of people making garments. So in that sense, they were completely related. But I didn't realize that during the process.” PeopleThinkingHumansShowsHandsSeemsStrongProcessRealizingMy OwnFocusExampleHugeYeahRelatedCollectionsVery StrongGarmentsRubiesCoutureDisconnectionSterlingHuman HandsDior Author:Raf Simons
“I never really have to sit at a desk thinking, "What should I do now?" It doesn't work like that for me, and it never has. My thinking process is constant. The difference is that once I was in Antwerp only doing two men's shows a year. And the weird thing is I thought I was busy then.” ThinkingMenShouldYearsTwoShowsProcessDifferencesConstantBusyShould IDesksWeird ThingsThinking ProcessAntwerp Author:Raf Simons
“I would prefer to use the word free. I think the Dior thing is so much freer. There was not so much free about Jil's way of working.” ThinkingWayUseDior Author:Raf Simons
“When artists connect to a system because they want to make a living, it's their own choice. In fashion, designers don't have that choice. I know everybody mentions Azzedine Alaïa, but he's been going for a long time in the system - showing to people, selling to clients - and I think it's admirable how he's transformed it into his own system in a way, but it's still a system.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantLongStillsArtistChoicesFashionLong TimeSellingDesignerTransformedClientsAdmirableFashion Designer Author:Raf Simons
“I think it's different in fashion, because even if I would be an outsider, I would still be in the middle of the whole world of contemporary fashion. But it's interesting to think what outsider fashion could be. Does it mean to be completely disconnected from the regular system or just disconnected style-wise?” IfsThinkingWorldMeanDoeStillsDifferentWholeWould BeInterestingWiseMiddleFashionStyleWhole WorldContemporaryOutsidersDisconnected Author:Raf Simons
“When it's only clothes, that is not satisfying enough for me. I don't think I could do this for 10, 20 years if that was all. It also has to be about a psychology or a mentality or a concept.” IfsThinkingYearsEnoughPsychologyClothesConceptsSatisfyingMentality Author:Raf Simons
“I've always seen myself as a small entity, and it will always stay like that. I'm not changing. But I think the big challenge for me taking on the Dior thing is to see how I can connect that to such a huge institution.” ThinkingI CanBigsChallengesHugeInstitutionsEntityBig ChallengesDior Author:Raf Simons
“The psychology for the person who's actually doing it is completely different. I think I probably needed to put that [hired-hand] psychology in my own head to be able to do the job. Otherwise it would just be too scary. People outside make it much bigger than me. I'm not saying in my head, "Oh, my god, what an amazing idea!" It scares me if I would do that.” PeopleIfsThinkingPersonsIdeasDifferentHandsAbleJobsMy OwnPsychologyNeededBiggerScaryScareScary People Author:Raf Simons
“If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.” IfsThinkingShowsDreamInfluenceFashionLiteralFashion Show Author:Raf Simons
