Photos: Monsieur Simons
Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, December 20121/6Feeling 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.
Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, September 20092/6Body of Work
Simons’s creations include a Jil Sander dress and gloves (fall 2009) on Karlie Kloss.
Photographed by Mario Testino, Vogue, October 20123/6Body of Work
A Dior Haute Couture embroidered dress and cigarette pants (fall 2012) on Keira Knightley.
Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, December 20124/6Body of Work
A Dior dress (spring 2013) on Caroline Trentini.
Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, December 20125/6Jump 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.
Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, December 20126/6Shape 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.