John William Waterhouse & Raf Simons

The recent hit fashion designer - Raf Simons not only got the bull horn of the big brand "Jil Sander" but also the label of his own name drew attentions from the whole fashion population. i appreciated his items on stage and i have come across his retail products in LaneCrawford that also align my expectation for him. In his retail outfits, i most liked his use of colours of blue and green -- that kinds of blue and green (also his grey in A/W'08) i felt manifested the main tone of English Artist - John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917). The "in" of Mr Waterhouse's blue & green i felt is related to natural evolution of the former (1853 - 1890)Van Gogh's blue-hit in fashion field. But i dun know if the fashion trend would go further to the blue period of Picasso later.

John Willaim Waterhouse


Vicent Van Gogh
Raf Simons S/S'08