Pitti Immagine to celebrate tenth anniversary of Raf Simons' career in Florence

23 Jun '05

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Belgium born Fashion designer RAF SIMONS will celebrate its 10 years career at Italy based trade fair organizer Pitti Immagine's fashion event.

On the occasion of Pitti Immagine Uomo n. 68, the Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery is proud to have fun in Florence the tenth anniversary of Raf Simons' career – one of the innovators in contemporary menswear.

His clothing collections, that debuted in the mid-nineties were defined by a narrow, linear cut. Shown on adolescents, rather than professional models they combined sartorial traditions with the “uniforms” of rebellious youths and marked a major turning point in the redefinition of men's clothing.

1995-2005: ten years on a project of Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery
June 24, 2005 _ from 6:45 pm
Florence, Giardino di Boboli

For Raf Simons art, music, performance and photography are important parts of his esthetic statement (together with Francesco Bonami he curated the Fondazione Discovery exhibition The Fourth Sex. Adolescent extremes, in 2003) and so, he decided to present a spectacular, three-part event in one of the most fabulous places in Florence – the Boboli Gardens – to tell his story.

In this enormous green space the designer will create an original itinerary that will take visitors to areas that have never been used before. Through a series of stations and different mediums he will illustrate his ten, straight years of work 1995-2005. Not a nostalgic look at the past, but rather a grasp of a story that continues to fuel the present and future.

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