Now that Marc Jacobs appears to be out of the running to helm Christian Dior, sources are buzzing that the storied French fashion house is seriously considering Jil Sander’s creative director Raf Simons for for the job.  

If Simons  were to make to the jump to Dior, he’d have to sever his current contract with Jil Sander, which reportedly was recently extended for an undisclosed amount of time. 

According to WWD, the 43-year-old Belgian designer, who joined Jil Sander in 2005, is something of a hot ticket: He’s also been approached by Yves Saint Laurent, which has yet to announce if it plans to extend its relationship with Stefano Pilati, who succeeded Tom Ford as the house’s chief designer in ‘04. (WWD)