{"id":5213,"date":"2026-08-12T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/from-the-archive-ronaldus-shamask-and-fashion-simplexity\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:41:06","slug":"from-the-archive-ronaldus-shamask-and-fashion-simplexity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/from-the-archive-ronaldus-shamask-and-fashion-simplexity\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archive: Ronaldus Shamask and Vogue \u2018Simplexity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShade in vogue is an emotional state of being, particularly as summer season heats up. The colour that delivers cool and ease has all the time been pristine white in crisp linens or cotton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLike Zoran, who was highlighted in final week\u2019s entry, Ronaldus Shamask additionally created standout collections in summer season\u2019s favourite coloration and textiles in the course of the Eighties. In 1989, WWD interviewed Shamask for its \u201cDesigners on Designing,\u201d the place he created the phrase \u201csimplexity\u201d as his philosophy on designing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRecognized to reference postmodernist thinkers like Roland Barthes, Shamask famous, \u201cOne thing that&#8217;s easy is commonly profitable as a result of it seems that there aren\u2019t issues concerned.\u201d The floor could seem facile and spontaneous, however advanced labor lies beneath it. \u201cThe top end result, nevertheless, appears to be like as if it simply occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA grasp of fresh traces, Shamask typically mixed architectural shapes with Japanese-inspired silhouettes, like this primary look, for spring 1981, photographed for WWD. The look not solely delivered on simplicity, however elevated the costume quick with a bow-neck, kimono-inspired jacket in textured white cotton, tying postmodern considering with up to date fashion \u2014 thoughtfully.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:734px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/734)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  a-font-secondary-regular-m lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">Margaret Donahue poses in Ronaldus Shamask spring 1981 assortment. John Vivid\/Fairchild Archive <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/fashion-news\/fashion-scoops\/archive-ronaldus-shamask-and-the-art-of-fashions-simplexity-1239105806\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shade in vogue is an emotional state of being, particularly as summer season heats up. The colour that delivers cool and ease has all the time been pristine white in crisp linens or cotton. Like Zoran, who was highlighted in final week\u2019s entry, Ronaldus Shamask additionally created standout collections in summer season\u2019s favourite coloration and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":551,"featured_media":5215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ProQuestDocuments-2026-08-11-1.jpg?w=1000&h=563&crop=1","fifu_image_alt":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[5840,540,5841,5842,5843],"class_list":["post-5213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-red-carpet-fashion","tag-archive","tag-fashion","tag-ronaldus","tag-shamask","tag-simplexity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/551"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5214,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213\/revisions\/5214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}