Footwear: Raf Simons Pour La Vie Red Sneaker
November 04th, 2008
Deadstock D got himself some new sneakers. I’m a big fan of Raf Simons and have a thing for red sneakers these days! Raf Simons Pour La vie. (which means for life in french) are really dope.
About:
Raf Simons (1968-) is a Belgian fashion designer. He studied Industrial design, but after a few years of self-study, he became a menswear designer in 1995. Initially, he worked with Walter Van Beirendonck in Paris, where he was exposed to the work of Martin Margiela and Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Collections
His collections (menswear only) are strongly influenced by youth culture albeit in an indirect way. He often combines strongly cut classic menswear with baggy streetwear-influenced items. Simons’ style has been described as highly influential. He is cited as being one of the most important innovators in contemporary menswear by the international press.[1]
He presents his collections twice a year, usually in Paris, but works and lives in Antwerp, Belgium. In his early years, his runway shows were unconventional: models running down a street or walking in a parking lot, on a bridge, around a photography studio.
His “Raf Simons” and “Raf by Raf Simons” collections are sold at Barneys and Seven in New York and a variety of locations around the world; stockists are listed on the official website.
Raf Simons also launched a 12-piece collection of polo shirts and knitwear in 2008 as part of a collaboration with Fred Perry.
Ah man! Those are official.
They’re ok. Kinda mad at the patent leather to be honest and they look a lot like Ato’s…Just my 2 cents.
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DOPE! Nowadays, everyone should have a pair of patent high tops just for the fun of it.
wow…
i swear i sketched a similar sneaker, in my sketch pad.
these really look like something i design’d
they are alittle 2 close my home.
but are very dope tho.
Man were can i cop these
hey don and marcus, i saw these yesterday in hongkong at i.t.!!!
but Pour La Vie has nothing to do with raf, they just have the same style.
and they are much cheaper. or is this like a chepaer line of raf? i am still not sure, but to me it seemed like they just copied raf’s style!!! that was the reason for me not to buy these, cause other people could think that those are fakes.
Fuckin dope im sold..where n wen?????