. . "Belgian fashion designer" . "Raf Simons"@en . "Simons, Raf"@en . . "1968-01-12Z"^^ . "1968Z"^^ . "Raf Simons (Dutch pronunciation: [r\u0251f \u02C8sim\u0254ns]; born 12 January 1968) is a Belgian fashion designer. Beginning in furniture design, he launched his own menswear label in 1995. In April 2012 he was announced as the creative director at Christian Dior."@en .