via highsnobiety.comFashionNewsVintage Raf Simons parkas on sale for $20,000The three coats were created in collaboration with Factory Records graphic designer Peter Saville for Simons’ AW03 collectionShareLink copied ✔️January 6, 2016FashionNewsTextTed Stansfield Three parka coats from Raf Simons’ AW03 “Closer” collection have gone on sale. Not only were these coats made in collaboration with the UK’s most famous graphic designer, Peter Saville, but very few were produced because they belong to such an early collection. Grailed is selling three of the four original coats, 13 years after the show – providing, as the website points out, “a perfect archive opportunity for a collector”. While this might seem like a dream scenario for any collector or Raf Simons fan, of which there are many, it comes with one fairly major snag: a price tag of $20,000 or, at today’s currency exchange, £13,658.82. Despite its eye-watering price tag, Grailed users have been enthusiastic about the lot. “Gonna kidnap my friend and sell his kidney for these,” commented one. “Selling my family brb,” said another. “Mortgage on a house or v rare raf hmmmmm,” said one more. The collection itself debuted in 2003 and was dedicated to Peter Saville, who is known most famously for the record sleeves for he designed for Factory Records artists. Simons drew inspiration from the graphic designer’s archives, which he was granted full access to, as well as early Russian Constructivism, Bauhaus and British vintage clothing. These coats were hand-painted by Saville himself and are the ultimate token of this iconic collaboration. Click here to view the listing. h/t Highsnobiety via grailed.comExpand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREAmelia Gray answers the dA-Zed quizTrail shoe to fashion trailblazer: the rise of Salomon’s ACS PROThis is the only England shirt you need for next year’s World CupWhat went down at the Contre Courant screening in Paris Exclusive: Fashion East set to win big at the 2025 Fashion AwardsFashion designer Valériane Venance wants you to see the beauty in painLegendary fashion designer Pam Hogg has diedRevisiting Bjork’s massive fashion archive in the pages of DazedWelcome to Sophia Stel’s PalaceJake Zhang is forging fashion avatars for a post-physical worldThis New York designer wants you to rethink the value of hard workGo behind-the-scenes at Dev Hynes’ first Valentino campaign