A Short History Of Rent Boys In Popular Culture

1. David Zanes Rent Boys (DUTCH #6), 1996
2. D&G Spring/Summer 2000
3. DSquared Spring/Summer 2001
4. Dirk Bikkembergs Spring/Summer 2000
5. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2014
6. Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014

Before the metrosexual was the boytoy/toyboy. 1996-2000. In tank tops, fringe tops, leather tops, rubber boots. Until Beckham came. Only Hedi and Raf resisted througout. One of them returned to rubber boots.
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Now & Then XIV

1. Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014 (Willy Vanderperre & Olivier Rizzo)
2. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2003 (Mario Sorrenti & Panos Yiapanis)

Two power couples of styling and photography in the battle of decades. They fight for the attention of Raf, or RAF. Who will remain the winner? And why are we haunted by the ever-recurring image of rebellion/youth?
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Globetrotters, or: A Collector's Collection

1. Dior Fall/Winter 2013
2. Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014
3. Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014
4. Dior Spring/Summer 2014
5. Dior Fall/Winter 2013 & Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014
6. Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2013 & Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby Fall/Winter 2014

I love the fact that, in a way, the collaboration of Raf Simons/Sterling Ruby has delivered a masculinized, messier, multiplied version of the Dior cosmos. And now, for women as for men, it is all about the statement shoe and the statement bag.
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