Ciao Milan. Bonjour Paris. It’s been a whirlwind month thus far and Milan had it’s ups and downs. Raf Simons had a tearful goodbye at Jil Sander, while the labels namesake returned. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana gave us baroque, Sicilian style. We let ourselves get wrapped up in Gucci‘s “Dark Romance.” As things ramp […]

With a bow, Raf Simons closed a seven year run at Jil Sander today to nothing less than a standing ovation and requests for an encore, there was certainly not a dry eye in the house. The unanimous thundering round of applause, cheers and tears continued until Simons, overcome with emotion, resurfaced onto the catwalk […]

Thursday February 23- After several years at his Creative Director post, Raf Simons is leaving Jil Sander with the Autumn/Winter 2012/2013 presentation being his last. In a statement released from Jil Sander this afternoon: The JIL SANDER Group and Raf Simons, announce today that Mr. Simons will leave his position as Creative Director. JIL SANDER Group […]