When 1,000 fashion fans schlepped to Surray Quays this October to watch Raf Simons’ debut London Fashion Week show at the city’s foremost megaclub Printworks, most knew the vast, nave-like venue was to be shut down by Christmas and (depressingly) turned into flats.
What no one knew at the time, was that the Belgian designer’s eponymous brand would be closing its doors well before the rave club.
