In a season when many designers are expected to focus on the most basic and salable building blocks of a wardrobe, Raf Simons also dared to innovate with sculptural, rounded shapes. And yet the strong silhouettes, smooth surfaces and flawless construction of Simons’ staples were as wearable as they were fascinating. Perfect seams lent the tailored pieces a hermetic effect, although Simons’ hand was plain in the way he sculpted the clothes around the contours of the body. The voluminous curvature through the torso and the shoulders evoked armor, offsetting the feminine effect of his hourglass shape. Even shearling jackets and blazers were cut close to the body. Simons largely dispensed with fasteners, vents and even dress shirts, which he replaced with thin turtlenecks. Tops included bulbous, sweatshirt-like pullovers and thick, ribbed sweaters with dropped shoulders and curving sleeves. Simons’ devotion to fabric development brought all these new shapes to life, weaving dense flecks into familiar flannels and herringbone tweeds. Employing a bonded and reinforced velvet, Simons broadcast his unmistakable molded shapes with a futuristic gleam. And then came forth a powerful jolt of print: the designer’s bright color blocking from spring dissolved into abstract swaths of muted shades on impeccable wool coats and jackets.