Sometimes it’s more a matter of collaboration which matters in a collection. Raf Simons More Quotes by Raf Simons More Quotes From Raf Simons I always try to connect with what's happening in the world-reality, modernity, the 21st century, all that - and with Jil it started to feel very disconnected from the outside and how women were looking at fashion, experiencing fashion, interpreting fashion. Raf Simons fashion trying reality 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 english-words dior fall 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. Raf Simons jobs hands thinking 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. Raf Simons dior challenges thinking Robert Gober, for example. He doesn't seem like somebody who is just going to show in a gallery that asks him to show. He's just making his work, and when he's ready, he's going to show it. Raf Simons gallery example shows 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. Raf Simons strong hands thinking And even being in the middle of it, at the LVMH group with Dior, there are certain parts of it that I'm just not really in, because it's not in me or my nature. The whole scene around it, the events, the photography ... It's never really been my thing. But I don't take a critical position on people who are very much about that either. Raf Simons groups photography people 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. Raf Simons dior use thinking 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. Raf Simons connections sometimes thinking My mother was a cleaning lady all her life. Raf Simons cleaning mother I like very much to put on fashion shows. Raf Simons fashion-show fashion shows L.A. interests me, the whole band scene and relaxed carefree feel, but it does not mean you have to dress like a hippy. Raf Simons dresses doe mean Collage – SS13 offers a very controlled and pure do-it-yourself attitude. The collection shows a juxtaposition of very different materials, prints and colours, therefore giving the wearer a possibility to combine the garments in different ways. Raf Simons different attitude giving I have so much respect for John [Galliano]s technical skill and the fantasy, its just something that I dont find relevant now, especially when it restricts a woman, because in every other area they have so much freedom. Raf Simons relevant fantasy skills You cannot have adoration without being criticized. Raf Simons cannot without being you Every weekend, I'm on the highway to Antwerp. I need to be there, to have the calm. It's a whole different life: I jump on my bike, and it's so small, I can be anywhere in a minute. I like to be at home when there's free time because when you're at a big company, you're constantly surrounded by 30 people. Raf Simons bike home time life My point of view is that if I love a certain kind of beauty, I want more of that beauty. I don't need 200 different beauties. Raf Simons view want beauty love Computers let people avoid people, going out to explore. It's so different to just open a website instead of looking at a Picasso in a museum in Paris. Raf Simons museum looking computers people One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville - the early things he used to do for Factory Records. Raf Simons early things young work I am somebody who focuses on a dialogue between generations - that's the drive of my work. I believe the young generation take the power; they'll take over at one point, but the older generation, they'll push it away only because of the fear. I'm the opposite; I'm curious. Raf Simons i-am power fear work
