“I lack the words to say how proud I am of all that we have achieved. I am grateful for the incredible support from my team, from my collaborators, from the press and buyers, from my friends and family, and from our devoted fans and loyal followers,” Simons said in a post entitled Memory Wear 1995 Station to Station Alda & Jacques. 
 
The news has already started sparking speculation on social media that the 54-year-old Simons will take over full time from the 73-year-old Miuccia Prada
 
The pair staged their most recent joint collection in Milan in September during the Italian runway season.
 
“Thank you all, for believing in our vision and for believing in me. Forward always, Raf,” the Belgian designer’s statement concluded.
 
Marking the latest stage in a blistering career that began with agit-prop shows in garages around the Bastille in the mid nineties, and included stints as the creative director of such other illustrious houses as Jil SanderDiorCalvin Klein