Keeping up with Raf Simons (Ft. in the Name of Store and Parties, Sterling Ruby, Adidas and Storm)
See, what had happened was : I paid a visit to DVS in Antwerp last weekend. If you didn't know yet, DVS is the store that Antwerp 6 OG Dirk Van Saene opened to provide a safe place for his and his partner Walter Van Beirendonck's collections (ao Véronique Branquinho, Bernhard Willhelm and Niels Peeraer's designs are also being sold there) and I knew I was bound to fall in love with some major pieces.
What I wasn't prepared for was seeing an entire rack of Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby garments. Insanely beautiful. I know most of y'all have seen the images, but seriously : you have to go check it out for real.
And you have no excuse not to, because last night the Raf Simons /Willy Vanderperre (Raf's go-to visual artist/photographer/director)/Charlotte Arts (Artist and Raf's Commercial Director) Pop Up Store opened. Amenra played, we were told Raf was wearing shorts because we haven't had a life since the beginning of this year.
(The pop-up store showing Sterling Ruby artwork. Image by David Flamée )
The Raf Simons / Sterling Ruby collection is sold there.
These are my favourite pieces :
This amazing Raf Simons for Adidas Originals boot comes in different colours (laquered burgundy!) and is available at In The Name Of or here.
Tonight Raf will be celebrating with party n°1 :
On September 12, Raf will be celebrating with party n°2 :
Meanwhile, the Raf Simons xx Storm t-shirt collection also dropped this morning.
It's a small pack Raf did as a tribute to the Copenhagen store's 20th anniversary.
The limited pieces feature hand-picked archived artwork from Raf Simons’ antecedent collections. You can buy here.