I see my position in that whole Dior construction very differently from my own brand. My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if I'm not there. I'm coming in there and it's like a - I don't know the English word - like a passage.

Raf Simons

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I dont want to show clothes, I want to show my attitude, my past, present and future. I use memories and future visions and try to place them in todays world.

attitude memories past

I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.

clear i-can ifs

The future, for me, is romantic, I don’t understand people who say the past is romantic. Romantic, for me, is something you don’t know yet, something you can dream about, something unknown and mystical. That I find fascinating.

dream people past

I’m very attracted to things that I can’t define. by Raf Simons

I’m very attracted to things that I can’t define.

i-can

The fashion world doesn't know the word stop, so you have to make sure there are sublime moments every day.

sublime fashion world

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.

clothes years thinking

In fashion, general people will look to the piece itself. [Some designers] concentrate on, 'How can I make this seam look special?' or 'What am I going to do with that button so it looks interesting?' I am not interested in that. At the moment, I am more interested in the shape and the form. I have a big desire to make clothes without defining them.

clothes fashion people

Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations. by Raf Simons

Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations.

interest fashion long

If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.

fashion dream thinking

I'm a designer, and for me, things are always evolving, and such... by Raf Simons

I'm a designer, and for me, things are always evolving, and such evolution is necessary.

designer evolve evolution

I find it fascinating to see the fact that women want to buy thin... by Raf Simons

I find it fascinating to see the fact that women want to buy things that they see on men.

want men facts

Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors.

octopus fashion team

Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.

fashion giving art

My aim is a very modern Dior, but at the end of the day, I also l... by Raf Simons

My aim is a very modern Dior, but at the end of the day, I also look back.

dior the-end-of-the-day looks

Well, my own men's collection always felt very free back in the days before Jil. Once you make it this kind of dialogue with other people, with a fashion show and clients and whatever, it becomes something else. Free meets not so free.

fashion men people

Becoming a fashion designer is agreeing with the fact that what you experience or what you see as free is also connected to a system. Does that mean giving up your freedom? I still don't know the answer. There's a very different kind of psychology going on in the fashion scene than in art.

giving-up fashion art

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.

creation creative people

I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work.

isolated feelings people

I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno. by Raf Simons

I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.

techno rock-and-roll rocks

Sometimes it’s more a matter of collaboration which matters in a... by Raf Simons

Sometimes it’s more a matter of collaboration which matters in a collection.

collaboration matter sometimes