Goodbye Raf: A Look At His Work For Dior In Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore
In his three and half year tenure, Raf Simons introduced a modern vision of femininity to the house of Christian Dior. Here, we look back on 16 of his most memorable works in BAZAAR
October 23, 2015
Raf brought a new feminine and softly romantic spirit to Dior. He delivered excess in measured tasteful doses. He gave flora and fauna an outing in haute couture that was personal and incredibly pretty. He reinvented the bar jacket and gave it modernity and relevance today. He took bags and shoes and made them bright, pop and recognisable to all fashion cognoscenti. And he never once forgot he worked for the storied house of Dior. His humility and respect for tradition, and his perseverance with modernity in understanding what today’s women want—I will miss his quiet genius dearly.
—Kenneth Goh, Editor-in-Chief
Photographed by Gan, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, February 2013Photographed by Gan, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, April 2013Photographed by Brendan Zhang, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, May 2013Photographed by Katja Rahlwes, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, June 2013Photographed by Thomas Cooksey, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, September 2013Photographed by Thomas Cooksey, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, December 2013Photographed by Yu Tsai, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, April 2014Photographed by Aaron Lee, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, April 2014Photographed by Georges Antoni, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, June 2014Photographed by Yu Tsai, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, July 2014Photographed by Yu Tsai, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, October 2014Photographed by Jens Langkjaer, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, November 2014Photographed by Aitken Jolly, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, December 2014Photographed by Yu Tsai, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, April 2015Photographed by Gan, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, July 2015Photographed by Georges Antoni, Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore, October 2015
