Raf Simons

Nommé directeur artistique de la maison Dior en avril 2012, suite au départ précipité de John Galliano, le styliste belge Raf Simons ne dispose que de huit semaines pour lancer sa première collection haute couture. Le défi se révèle une aventure collective, pleine d’humour et d’émotions, autour de la passion d’un métier et au service de la vision d’un créateur atypique, qui fuit les projecteurs. Loin des clichés inhérents à un univers où podium et excentricités ont souvent la part belle, la caméra attentive de Frédéric Tcheng livre un portrait attachant et haut en couleurs des petites mains et collaborateurs d’une des maisons françaises les plus mythiques.

In the early 1990s, fashion reflected the times. It was sombre, desperate and sometimes violent. Clothing underwent deconstruction and recycling, and fashion shows became fashion performances. Fashion would never be the same again.

The Artist Is Absent reveals the true face of the enigmatic Belgian designer who appears here as never before. Featuring some of the most distinguished names in the fashion industry, such as fashion journalist Suzy Menkes, designers Jean Paul Gaultier and Raf Simons and fashion retail entrepreneur Geert Bruloot – who was the first to discover the enormous talent of Martin Margiela.

When a woman moves into a new house she is visited by a mysterious entity, a Black Box, which upon peering through its peephole unlocks multiple universes, each viewed from a different woman's perspective. Short film created for the Prada SS23 women's collection.