Fashion designer Raf Simons is now selling duct tape at $200 a roll

Date
16 August 2017

Raf Simons is one of fashion’s most repeated names. Formerly creative director at Christian Dior now chief creative officer at Calvin Klein, Raf has been name-checked by Frank Ocean, Vic Mensa, Big Sean, A$AP Rocky and Rihanna, starred in Frédéric Tcheng’s 2014 documentary Dior & I, co-directed a video for The XX with Alasdair McLellan and redesigned Calvin Klein’s iconic logo with the help of Peter Saville.

Hot on the heels of Prada’s £140 paper clip, Balenciaga re-worked Ikea bags at £1,125 and the unforgettable Supreme brick which now sells for over $1,000 on Ebay, fashion’s latest cult product comes in the form of something we will surely all need at some point in our lives: custom printed duct tape. Available in black printed with red text reading “WALK WITH ME”, and white tape reading “RSYP YOUTH PROJECT”, the duct tape is retailing at a cool $250 CAD on online shop Roden Gray.

Raf’s “derelicte” duct tape is presumably intended to be used as an unconventional belt (for his A/W17 runway, the designer styled coats wrapped in swathes of tape), we can’t help that think you might be better off printing your own.

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Bryony Stone

Bryony joined It's Nice That as Deputy Editor in August 2016, following roles at Mother, Secret Cinema, LAW, Rollacoaster and Wonderland. She later became Acting Editor at It's Nice That, before leaving in late 2018.

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