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  • Rowan_Oliver
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2009
    • 19

    #46
    ooh, i didnt realise faust had a blog, what is it??
    I feel so out of touch:(

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    • Faust
      kitsch killer
      • Sep 2006
      • 37852

      #47
      fashion-critic.blogspot.com

      i don't write it anymore.
      Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

      StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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      • diamonds
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2006
        • 591

        #48
        does anyone have the pictures from the set that i use as my avatar?

        i had them and lost them on a memory card

        i believe they used to be on an old version of the rs site

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        • LupinTheFourth
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2009
          • 119

          #49
          Raf...

          He totally rocked my world, when I became familiar with his work.
          I didn't know stuff like that existed!

          But then, I don't know what the fuck started happening.
          modern man

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          • Who?
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2007
            • 884

            #50








            Last edited by Who?; 12-08-2009, 08:17 PM.
            WTB/WTT: Lots of Things

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            • huckleberry
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2009
              • 361

              #51
              Those videos just appear blank on here who?, any chance you could post links to the original pag or title names. Thanks

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              • DANSER
                Member
                • Nov 2008
                • 64

                #52
                these guys have an archive of raf

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                • Who?
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 884

                  #53
                  Originally posted by huckleberry View Post
                  Those videos just appear blank on here who?, any chance you could post links to the original pag or title names. Thanks
                  Oops sorry about that, they should work now.
                  WTB/WTT: Lots of Things

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                  • cooldudeguy3000
                    Member
                    • Jun 2010
                    • 51

                    #54
                    Originally posted by Faust View Post
                    For rorschach and pnod.

                    Closer - FW 03/04

                    Everything I used to love about Raf

                    I believe the shearlings were never produced because they were too expensive.
                    Yahoo!オークションは、誰でも簡単に売り買いが楽しめる、日本最大のネットオークションサイトです。圧倒的な商品数を誇るYahoo!オークションで、落札・出品してみませんか?補償制度もあります。


                    I would buy this if I had the money. Iconic.

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                    • Servo2000
                      Senior Member
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 2183

                      #55
                      No idea what the context of this blog or anything else about it but interesting and some good Raf / Raf for Jil images:

                      dandy gum
                      WTB: Rick Owens Padded MA-1 Bomber XS (LIMO / MOUNTAIN)

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                      • tricotineacetat
                        Senior Member
                        • Aug 2009
                        • 206

                        #56
                        I really fail to see the 'masterful tailoring' thing people seem to consistantly credit Raf Simons for when I take into account that Gysemans, the Belgian tailoring producer he's always worked with and that also produces Kris Van Assche and VĂ©ronique Branquinho, is known to work exclusively with cheap, fused interlining.

                        I know quite a bunch of people that have worked closely with Raf both on his own line as well as Jil Sander over the years and all of them mentioned that his sensitivity was informed exclusively on a visual impact level, hence the reason why most of his fabrics are cheap and not very tactile friendly (and accounting to the reason why Raf has very little input on the Jil Sander womenswear except for a conceptual/editing input, similarily to Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy).

                        I really enjoy some of the pieces he's made over the years that are more sportswear in craft, but when it comes to real tailoring, Hedi's suiting always excelled that of Raf's.

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                        • Faust
                          kitsch killer
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 37852

                          #57
                          I have a pair of Raf Simons slim trousers from very high quality spring weight merino wool - one of the best pairs I have ever seen. His early tailoring (circa 99-2002) was impeccably cut and fit spot on. I was not much into tailoring back then, but even I could appreciate it from the side. Granted, he did not have Hedi's resources- if he did, I would imagine it'd be even better.
                          Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                          StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                          • tricotineacetat
                            Senior Member
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 206

                            #58
                            Originally posted by Faust View Post
                            I have a pair of Raf Simons slim trousers from very high quality spring weight merino wool - one of the best pairs I have ever seen. His early tailoring (circa 99-2002) was impeccably cut and fit spot on. I was not much into tailoring back then, but even I could appreciate it from the side. Granted, he did not have Hedi's resources- if he did, I would imagine it'd be even better.
                            Okay, but fabric sourcing is a whole other thing than the initial tailoring craft - which involves the pattern making and manufacturing control over the piece itself.

                            The judgement on fit is a difficult one, since every designer has a different body in mind when they create the clothing. So you will obviously find some to fit you better than others, whereas a person of different build might tell you a whole other story. To say as much as that - Hedi's jackets never fit me too well, they were cut for a narrow-shouldered body of a height that ideally didn't exceed 1.75m in a small size.

                            The only base from which to judge the quality really is the look inside a jacket - How is it interlined, how have the sleeves been inserted? I can't speak about the clothes Raf had made prior to 2002, as I've never handled any of the more tailored pieces from that time in person, but everything I've seen made since then had been a huge let-down in terms of quality - Then I think of someone humble as Stephan Schneider who's jackets can be had for a good amount less, likely with nicer fabrication and exclusively developed fabric and I can only assume that the margin Raf (and his sales people) are cashing must be quite high for what you are getting...

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                            • Faust
                              kitsch killer
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 37852

                              #59
                              Well, you don't have to argue with me about which way Raf's label went in the recent years :-)
                              Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                              StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                              • tricotineacetat
                                Senior Member
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 206

                                #60
                                Originally posted by Faust View Post
                                Well, you don't have to argue with me about which way Raf's label went in the recent years :-)
                                That goes without saying...

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