{"id":67910,"date":"2022-11-22T09:32:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T22:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=224467"},"modified":"2022-11-21T23:47:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T23:47:33","slug":"raf-simons-shutting-down-label","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/raf-simons-shutting-down-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Raf Simons Is Shutting Down His Namesake Label"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_224468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224468\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224468\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-475562555.jpg\" alt=\"Raf Simons\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PARIS, FRANCE &#8211; FEBRUARY 28: Raf Simons walks the runway during the Christian Dior show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall\/Winter 2014-2015 on February 28, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Dominique Charriau\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/prada-fall-winter-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raf Simons<\/a> has announced the closing of his namesake brand. The Belgian designer and stylist wiped the label&#8217;s Instagram account and shared a single post, explaining that Spring\/Summer 2023 is the &#8220;conclusion of an extraordinary 27 year journey and the final season of the Raf Simons fashion brand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lack the words to share how proud I am,\u201d Simons said. \u201cThank you all for believing in our vision and for believing in me.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ClO7rYGN0gp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ClO7rYGN0gp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ClO7rYGN0gp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Raf Simons Official (@rafsimons)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His final show was held at Printworks in Surrey Quays in October where he presented SS\/23. It was initially delayed from the London Fashion Week calendar due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>Simons launched his eponymous brand from Belgium in 1995. It was established as a menswear label with a focus on youth culture and eventually catapulted his career to international acclaim. He went on to nab roles at Jil Sander, Dior and Calvin Klein.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224469\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224469\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-81769746.jpg\" alt=\"Raf Simons\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A model wearing a creation by Raf Simons from his Paris Fashion Week Spring \/ Summer 2007 Menswear collection (Photo by Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224470\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224470\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-74986709.jpg\" alt=\"Raf Simons\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1539\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PARIS &#8211; JUNE 30 : A model walks the catwalk during the Raf Simons fashion show as part of Summer 2008 Paris Menswear fashion week on June 30, 2007 in Paris, France. (Photo by Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2020 it was announced in a groundbreaking move that Simons would move to Prada where he currently serves as co-creative director alongside the formidable Miuccia Prada. His subversive approach to design has informed recent runway collections lending unexpected style cues to the heritage of Prada.<\/p>\n<p>Simons is not the only one to rock the luxury fashion space in 2021. In September, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/riccardo-tisci-burberry-daniel-lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riccardo Tisci stepped down as chief creative officer of Burberry<\/a> to be replaced by Daniel Lee. Lee had recently departed Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta after he sat at the helm between 2018 and 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":67911,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Raf Simons Is Shutting Down His Namesake Label<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Raf Simons has announced on Instagram that Spring\/Summer 2023 will be his last collection for the Raf Simons brand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/raf-simons-shutting-down-label\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raf Simons Is 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