Spring 2000 is textbook Raf Simons. Across 66 looks, the defining characteristics of his aesthetic come into view: Slim, graphic vest tops; bubble-curved MA-1 bombers; and a jewel-box sense of color. Two decades later, each piece could fit right in among his current work—including at Prada. (Simons was named co-creative director at the Italian brand last year.)
Graphics within the collection are sparse, with Camp Crystal Lake from the Friday the 13th film on tees and a pyramidal shape on the backs of bomber jackets. Summa Cum Laude, the collection’s title, is also printed sparingly on tanks and tees, alluding to a strain of academia and Americana that would return for Simons’s fall 2011 collection.
