Raf Simons F/W 11.12 Paris

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FALL OF THE PRINCE

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Potentially devastating news for Raf Simons: as of today, the designer's namesake company and its global master licensee, Futurepresent, have suspended business relations. In an email sent out this afternoon to all Raf Simons clients, Futurepresent CEO Stefano Martinetto announced that the business relationship will be suspended for the Fall/Winter 2011-2012 collection, and that all buying appointments were therefore cancelled.

"It is with great regret that we are obliged to announce that the collaboration between Futurepresent s.r.l. and Mr. Raf Simons will be suspended for the A/W 2011-12 collection. Unfortunately we therefore have no choice but to cancel all Raf Simons AW 2011-12 appointments at our showroom... We can confirm that we will proceed with the SS11 production deliveries. In the mean time we thank Mr. Simons and the present and past members of his design team for these years of intense and inspiring collaboration and would also like to take this opportunity to express our extreme gratitude for your support from 2005 until today."

Raf Simons is scheduled to show his Fall 2011 offering tomorrow night 9:00pm Paris time. According to reports from company reps this will still go ahead, but one can only assume that with all buyers' appointments cancelled, unless a third party steps in, the collection itself will not go into production.

Conspiracy theorists searching for distress signals won't have to look far – Raf Simons' Fall 2011 show is named Dead Prince College, and the invitation bears the words "FALL OF THE PRINCE".

via isaaclikes.com

[savage science fiction]

interesting.... A few throwbacks to past collections like the knits, the cut of the baggy pants and some jackets, neoprene fabric etc.

that rainbow stripe knit tee looks like a jil sander ss11 reject. I dont find it too exciting though

Favourite look is the third look in the first row

[min2max]

Some really nice pieces in there.. too bad the collection might not go into production :(

[bill]

this shit sucks. i wont even take the time to explain why and dislikes and the few things that i like (which are throwbacks - id rather get the original pieces)

the press will love this and say things like "we don't udnerstand why this is happening to raf simons" and stuff like that

i want to throw up.

[Phrost3]

why do the duffle coats look like Raf by Raf Simons rejects

[kunk75]

well, you turn your back on what made you great and the fans that appreciated and that's what ya get.

[Whodinihimself]

It's all about dress/hiking hybrid shoes...One of the few redeeming qualities of this collection.

[geekbonchic]

The ones with blue laces are pure fire.

[Phrost3]

costHT45CoE

fast forward 1:20

[minelee]

raf simons feels like a dungeon dragon

edit:

what is this

[echoepidemic]

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irrelevant? who knows

[Phrost3]

someone should add this to the dandygum site

[bill]

soundtrack: nicki minaj and eminem

[echoepidemic]

enimem is the only one who can accurately portray the ANGER raf simons feels

[zakkaz]

cant wait for my older items to quadruple on value now

[bill]

this dress matches pretty well the cut of the blazer. impressed that he didnt made some stuff like this.

there's some good pieces in that collection, but it's by fucking raf simons. he did way better.

[savage science fiction]

raf simons feels like a dungeon dragon

edit:

what is this

I think this look is very much in line with F/W 09 in terms of silhouette:

(albeit a more subtle take) prefer 09 though....

[echoepidemic]

but why cant they move their arms?! is it because they're vampires?

[savage science fiction]

:confused:

[bill]

:confused: :confused:

[echoepidemic]

KQrJ7Jcendo

i think raf simons is referencing this seinfeld episode

[savage science fiction]

hahahahhaha

for sers though, you are right

[bill]

In the past, Raf Simons has used his show invitations as manifestos. His latest, with its cryptic comment about the Rise of the Craftsman and Fall of the Prince, took on added weight with today's announcement that Simons had terminated his relationship with his business partners in Italy. The words on the invitation allowed one to idly conjure up a face-off between the Artist and the Autocrat, but as it turned out, there were better things to talk about backstage after than the news flash. Why worry about the future when the immediate present demanded so much attention in the glorious shape of Raf's Fall collection?

And shape was the operative word. There were suggestions of the designer's ongoing fascination with haute couture in silhouettes that lightly caped a coat back, unseamed and rounded a shoulder, or boxed a jacket. (If couture is craftsmanship, was that mohair apron a gentle reminder of the craftsman at his workbench?) The maximal spirit Simons has been talking about since mid-2010 was obvious from the outset, with a camel coat wrapping a high-collared latex top. Likewise, the vivid shades that colored elongated knits, the coats, and oversize tunics. One example in orange closed with toggles down the back, a duffel in reverse.

The duffel coat was a cornerstone of the collection. Another was the parka. As these student classics implied, Simons had college on his mind. His young idealists could wear a bonded flannel sweatshirt advertising their allegiance to Dead Prince College or declaring that they were a Memory Ware Collector (making them fans of the artist Mike Kelley's work, like Raf). If this was Simons' way of saying he still had plenty to learn, his "college" clothes managed a techno precision that made you realize just how far he's come from the hand-collaged rawness and urgency of, say, his Manic Street Preachers collection. In that respect, this show assuredly started the next phase of his career.

At the beginning and end, the soundtrack producer Michel Gaubert played Marcus Schmickler's Palace of Marvels (Queered Pitch), a piece of music that began with a steadily ascendant electronic roar. It was the sound of someone taking off to somewhere new.

as said before (seeing the collection), the press will be all over this collection.

jawnz collector?

[**Devil**]

the shoes are very nice but the rest of the collection it's bad. normaly raf meke so well..

[LandoCal126]

WSJ Article w/ photos of his home in Antwerp.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576517200284461270.html

[Desi]

so can we admit to liking this collection now or should I still keep that to myself?

[bill]

some certain pieces are kinda nice but what bums me out is that they are made by raf simons, the man who made jawnz that i really loved (and still love)

[undercover73]

Does anyone know whos stocking his collection yet? No ones received it yet online or in store that im aware of. Is it just late due to his contractual problems?

[bluespring]

^yeah seems park and bond had it on the site for a day then they took it off. hopefully seven will not be too late, need my neoprene hood. jil stuff is pretty sick too, quilted bomber is dope.