Head of the fashion department of
the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, he produced
his first collection of menswear in 1995.
He was creative director at
Jil Sander, Christian, Dior and Calvin Klein

After taking a sabbatical Simons reopened his
Antwerp-based company in 2001 and
added a second line of menswear,

Raf Simons is a designer who wants his clothes to be worn,
he cares a great deal about the consumer and is fascinated
by the ‘dialogue’ between the two. He states that
wherever he may decide to live in the future, whether it be
Berlin or New York, the apartment in Antwerp will always
remain his home. picture of his home below

Antwerp based fashion designer
Born in Neerpelt 1968