\u2018I hoover now these days, a lot,\u2019 says Raf Simons over the phone, each of us speaking from home. We\u2019re discussing our domestic activities during these different and uncertain times. By chance, home is key to the Belgian fashion designer\u2019s latest launch with Danish brand Kvadrat \u2013 two new...
Home, now more than ever, is an integral part of Simon’s life. ‘The home is a place where I can slow the whole thing down. More and more I think about functionality, calmness and privacy.’ Simons particularly sees homeliness in the Silas fabric, and the velvety, slightly rippled texture that is ‘not too pristine and clean. I wanted to [create] something that feels like you have been living with it for a long time.
Simon’s mind went to furs, bouclé and cashmeres for inspiration too. ‘I was thinking about my time atback in the day. It was a daily thing to work with cashmeres, and the brand was into the idea of comfort and luxury, not only literally but also in a kind of feeling sense.’ Helia is bouclé textile that is woven to resemble the fur texture, with a patterned effect, while Silas has a cotton wool-style surface, achieved though several days of unraveling and beating.
‘One of the things I’m most interested and obsessed with is colour,’ Simons expresses when discussing the palette choice. Compared to the brightness and bichrome intensity of previous ranges, the colours for these two new ranges are solid, warm and earthy. ‘There is also a couple of teddy bear colours,’ Simons mentions of the biscuit tones.
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