Raf Simons

Signed, sealed and delivered: the finest invitations from the A/W 2015 menswear season

By Katerina Economou • Last updated 31 October 22

Game-Changers: we pick our top 20 creative world-rockers

In 20 remarkable years we have come across, written about, examined and exhumed a lot of remarkable people. On the following profiles are 20 of them. This, though, is not a simple ranking of power and influence. These are stories that resonate, with which we find common purpose and cause. Here are people who have sometimes stuck bloody-mindedly to a course, sometimes pivoted, re-examined and pushed in new directions, who have defied expectations and even open derision. They have shown courage under fire and grace under pressure. They have transformed – from girl group popette to one of the fashion industry's smartest operators, for instance – and, over the last 20 years, have had a transformative influence in their field. Here are architects who build with a sense of the immaterial, artists who want to talk to everyone, experimentalists and food engineers, fashion designers who defy fashion and bob and weave like prize fighters, tech titans who have changed the way we do almost everything. One reinvented the hotel industry, another presents it with an existential threat. There is also a man who wants to save the world – or take us all to Mars if that doesn't work out. Either way, we'll be along for the ride.

By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated 28 October 22

Calvin Klein 205W39NYC and Sterling Ruby collaborate on the brand’s new Paris HQ

By Laura Hawkins • Last updated 27 October 22

Raf Simons’ Esprit Dior Tokyo 2015 collection touches down in Japan

By Katrina Israel • Last updated 27 October 22

Raf Simons and Adidas launch a limited-edition range of trainers

By Romy van den Broeke • Last updated 27 October 22

Pitti Uomo report: Raf Simons sets Florence alight for his 20th anniversary

By Lou Stoppard • Last updated 27 October 22

Tune in: the ultimate catwalk compilation of the men’s S/S 2016 shows

By Clara Krzentowski • Last updated 26 October 22

Calvin Klein’s hayrolling display of quilted Cassina Feltri armchairs at Design Miami/ Basel

By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated 25 October 22

Raf Simons creates dystopian neighbourhood with Kvadrat in Milan

By Laura May Todd • Last updated 19 October 22

Poetry, patchwork and an ode to Manhattan at New York Fashion Week Men’s A/W 2017

By Ann Binlot • Last updated 18 October 22

The soundtrack to Paris Fashion Week’s S/S 2015 menswear shows

By Jack Moss • Last updated 18 October 22

The soundtrack to Paris Fashion Week’s A/W 2014 menswear shows

By Jack Moss • Last updated 18 October 22

Calvin Klein A/W 2017

By Ann Binlot • Last updated 17 October 22

Raf Simons’ new textile collection with Kvadrat

By Jack Moss • Last updated 12 October 22

Raf Simons offers a softer touch with new fabrics for Kvadrat

Raf Simons on the homely spirit of his seventh textile drop with Danish company Kvadrat

By Sujata Burman • Last updated 11 October 22

Fashion mail: the brightest and boldest show invitations from the men’s S/S 2016 season

By Jessica Klingelfuss • Last updated 11 October 22

Raf Simons' private ceramics collection goes up for auction at Piasa Rive Gauche in Paris

By Katrina Israel • Last updated 10 October 22

Catwalk tour: the top men's fashion week venues from S/S 2015

By Sujata Burman • Last updated 10 October 22

Dior checks into Pierre Cardin's Cannes summer residence for Cruise 2016

By Katrina Israel • Last updated 10 October 22

Catwalk tour: rounding up the top men's fashion week venues from A/W 2015

By Eleanor Vousden • Last updated 7 October 22

Raf Simons joins Prada as co-creative director

The Belgian designer will join Miuccia Prada as co-creative director of the Italian label

By Laura Hawkins • Last updated 7 October 22

Raf Simons and Kvadrat launch a Shaker-inspired accessories collection

Launching on 10 August 2022, the new accessories collection by Raf Simons for Kvadrat includes cushions, throws, bags, as well as tray, box, magazine holder, cap, and two key chains whose design is driven by functionality

By TF Chan • Last updated 6 October 22

From fanboy to main man: Raf Simons on rethinking fashion from the outside in

By Alex Fury • Last updated 29 September 22

The men’s grooming trends that shaped the Paris Fashion Week S/S 2015 shows

By Alice Shaughnessy • Last updated 28 September 22