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Photos: Monsieur Simons

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    Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, December 2012
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    Feeling Change

    “I see a lot of amazing clothes, but I don’t see a lot of emotion now,” says Raf Simons (here at Salon Dior in Paris), who hopes to bring back that element to fashion.

    Fashion Editor: Camilla Nickerson.

    Hair, Sandy Hullett; Grooming, Mai Lee.

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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, September 2009
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    Body of Work

    Simons’s creations include a Jil Sander dress and gloves (fall 2009) on Karlie Kloss.

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    Photographed by Mario Testino, Vogue, October 2012
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    Body of Work

    A Dior Haute Couture embroidered dress and cigarette pants (fall 2012) on Keira Knightley.

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    Body of Work

    A Dior dress (spring 2013) on Caroline Trentini.

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    Jump Start

    Simons catapults the codes of Dior into the present with a voluminous silk–duchesse satin skirt adorned with roses for spring. Dior cashmere-and-silk sleeveless top ($960), silk-duchesse satin skirt, and pumps; Dior boutiques.

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    Shape of Things to Come

    Dior was part of next season’s parade of black pantsuits—Simons’s version is a curvy-cut waist-defining jacket (“It’s something I want to build on”) with slender pants. Dior virgin-wool jacket ($3,600) and pants ($1,150); Dior boutiques. Hair, Guido for Redken; makeup, Diane Kendal. Produced by Art House.