Dior’s Raf Simons to ELLE: “Fashion is Now Pop”

Joanna Elizabeth

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Published March 1, 2015

Dior dress, top, earrings, and necklace
Dior dress, top, earrings, and necklace

For a feature in its March 2015 issue, ELLE US sits down with Dior creative director Raf Simons for an in-depth feature. Along with the interview, the magazine also includes an editorial spotlighting looks from Dior’s spring-summer 2015 collection photographed by Nagi Sakai. The 46-year-old Belgian designer tells ELLE about how fashion has changed in the last few years, and how he has come to terms with it.

Models wear Dior coat, shorts, earring, ring, boots, coat, top, shorts, earring, and boots
Models wear Dior coat, shorts, earring, ring, boots, coat, top, shorts, earring, and boots

“[T]oo much gets smashed in people’s faces. Fashion is now pop, where it used to be a niche. It moves with such speed,” he says, that “sometimes it leads to a lack of depth. The mystique is gone. Now being a fashion designer is like becoming a lawyer.” He pauses, then adds, as though this next thought is something he’s wrestled with and finally accepted, though just barely: “Fashion is overtly about commerce. That’s okay.”

Models photographed in Dior dress, boots, dress, handbag, earring, and boots.
Models photographed in Dior dress, boots, dress, handbag, earring, and boots.
A Dior jumpsuit, sunglasses, earrings, belt, and pumps is featured.
A Dior jumpsuit, sunglasses, earrings, belt, and pumps is featured.
Model in Dior coat, sunglasses, top, shorts, necklace, earring, and boots
Model in Dior coat, sunglasses, top, shorts, necklace, earring, and boots
The March 2015 issue of ELLE US features Katy Perry on its cover.
The March 2015 issue of ELLE US features Katy Perry on its cover.

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