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PAST AND FUTURE: A latest coffee-table book chronicles Raf Simons’ three-year tenure at Dior, when his creations fused the French fashion house’s heritage together with his streamlined cuts and taste for adventurous materials. The 344-page tome, published by Assouline, is the sixth volume within the series that Dior is releasing chronicling each creative director of the brand. Its cover encompasses a lipstick red coat, inspired by Dior’s signature Bar jacket, from Simons‘ fall 2012 high fashion collection, described by WWD as “one of the highly anticipated designer debuts ever.” Written by fashion journalist Tim Blanks, the tome features photographs by Laziz Hamani alongside images by the likes of Tim Walker, Paolo Roversi, Peter Lindbergh, Willy Vanderperre and Sarah Moon. The introduction describes the...