Raf Simons

Raf Simons, a Belgian who trained in industrial and furniture design, launched his menswear label in Antwerp in 1995 and made youth, music and subculture its lifeblood: narrow tailoring, oversized knits and parkas, and graphics borrowed from New Order and Joy Division, shown in Paris from 1997. The label ran alongside his posts at Jil Sander, Dior and Calvin Klein, and closed after its spring 2023 show in London; Simons has co-directed Prada with Miuccia Prada since 2020.