Raf Simons "Betrayed" CK? Black And White History Of Ralph Simon, A Fashion Designer

How do you define originality? In the current development trend, finding inspiration in the fashion industry is really tricky.

And the plagiarism between the fashion world is no longer news. Even the designer Rick Owens had no choice but to say, "once you show something new in public, you lose its ownership."

As far as our protagonists are concerned today, the "plagiarized door" he has been able to describe almost can be widely known: he is the creative director of CK and the designer of the same fashion brand. Raf Simons 。

As one of the representatives of fashion brands with a very pioneering design concept, Ralph Simon's popularity is known as "Jobs of the fashion industry". He is obsessed with countless fans.

In addition to launching their own brand name Raf Simons, they also served as creative design director in Jil Sander and Christian Dior respectively.

In the field of music, it is popular and popular among hip-hop musicians such as A$AP Rocky, Rihanna, Frank Ocean, Big Sean and Vic Mensa.

Raf Simons (and the CK he once worked for) has also won CFDA 2017 men's wear and women's wear designer awards respectively. The limelight is two.

There are both unacceptable plagiarism and "black history". Designer Ralph Simon What kind of black and white history does it have?

Ralph Simon (Raf Simons) was born in Belgium Neerpelt in 1968. He studied in the industry and furniture design specialty of Royal College of Art in Antwerp in her early years.

During his internship in Walter Van Beirendonck in 1990, he became very interested in fashion. After graduating from college, he began to study costume design himself, and in 1995 he created his own homonymous menswear brand Raf Simons.

Perhaps influenced by the learning experience of industrial design. Raf Simons The design is full of distinct sense of construction and minimalism, and is very good at using various single line structures.

His menswear design is known for its avant-garde and revolutionary nature, and is deeply influenced by the youth culture. Some people even describe their design with the words "abused youth", "living wonderful, dead unruly" and so on.

It is no exaggeration to say that the early classic Raf Simons series is basically the inspiration source of many designers and brands and the object of imitation.

For example, the bomber jacket of Mr. Kan's Yeezy Season 1 is almost the same as that of Ralph Simon's 2000 spring summer series. The current director of LV menswear is also recognized as Raf Simons "little fans".

Not only does he have many titles such as the world famous "double standard" designers and "Six Gentlemen of Antwerp", it also takes more than 22 years to explore the new trend of fashion, and the brand of the same name has excellent cooperation with Adidas and Fred Perry.

However, although there is no national boundaries, designers and brands are divided into countries.

Raf Simons It is not easy to quit Dior, which has been in charge for many years and to "run away" in CK. Perhaps for Ralph Simon, returning to his beloved industry and home design is the best policy.